Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel
Influences
A course by João Tordo , Author
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain how important it is to have influences from all styles and eras. I was influenced as much by Aristotle and Saramago as by detective fiction, graphic novels, and music.”
In this video lesson João Tordo addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel. Develop an original idea into a compelling manuscript that’s ready to share with publishers by exploring story structure, characters, perspective, and editing.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I'll talk about my influences. They come from all walks of life. I'm not only influenced by writers, I was heavily influenced by music, other artistic expressions, and people. When I was 13, my stepfather took me to the Lisbon Book Fair. It was the first time I had ever been there, and it was a wonderful world for me. At that time, I liked mostly cartoons, detective novels, and all things that kids enjoy. That specific night at the book fair changed my life forever. He told me, "I'll buy you all these books you want, comic books, Spider-Man, who is my favorite, ...”
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Course summary for: Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
João Tordo
A course by João Tordo
João Tordo is an award-winning author based in Lisbon, Portugal. As a child, he was obsessed with books and knew from an early age he wanted to be a storyteller. He went on to study writing in New York and published his first book, The Book of Lightless Men in 2004.
He’s since published 18 books and won multiple awards including the José Saramago Literary Prize, the Fernando Namora Prize, and the GQ Prize. His books are published around the world in countries like France, Hungary, Spain, Brazi, and Mexico. He has also worked on shows for Netflix, including Until Life Do Us Part.
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