Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel
Origins of a Story 1
A course by João Tordo , Author
Develop an original idea into a compelling manuscript that’s ready to share with publishers by exploring story structure, characters, perspective, and editing
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About the video: Origins of a Story 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will discuss the origins of a story and how to get started, using my novel Felicidade as a reference, Auster's The New York Trilogy, and Stout's My Name is Lucy Barton. ”
In this video lesson João Tordo addresses the topic: Origins of a Story 1, 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
“ Origins of a Story In this lesson, we'll talk about the origins of a story and first paragraphs, so we'll get down to writing a bit. Also, remember that girl who's on the wire? She should be moving a bit by now. For explaining this, I brought one of my books called "Felicidade." It's one of my most recent novels. One I'm particularly proud of, as it's written like a Greek tragedy. As you could hear from previous lessons, I like the Greeks. The origins of this story are not clear. As with every book, they come from different places. It's never a theme, a subject, or a big idea that comes t...”
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Course summary for: Writing and Publishing Your First Fiction Novel
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Category
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
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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