Writing Short Stories and Novels from Scratch
Action and Structure
A course by Abril Posas , Writer
About the video: Action and Structure
Overview
“What will happen to your protagonist and other characters? Where will you start the narrative? In this lesson you will learn to break down your story into actions and the main parts of any narrative: beginning, middle and end. ”
In this video lesson Abril Posas addresses the topic: Action and Structure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing Short Stories and Novels from Scratch. Learn the key elements to develop your idea from scratch and turn it into a short story or novel.
Partial transcription of the video
“action and structure What is going to happen to your characters in the story? when are you going to start telling it? You can start right when the conflict is being resolved and then go back start the story when things get complicated or at the beginning, like any other of your stories, however, it is important that you detect what is going to happen in your story. Maybe you have already heard that, in every narrative there are three important parts, which are the beginning, the middle and the end. These three parts will help you keep the line of your story and know exactly where your chara...”
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Course summary for: Writing Short Stories and Novels from Scratch
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling
Abril Posas
A course by Abril Posas
Abril Posas was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and knew she wanted to be a writer when she discovered that a story could move her just like a movie or her favorite cartoons. Before publishing her first book of short stories, El triunfo de la memoria (Paraíso Perdido, 2017), she was featured in a number of anthologies including Moscas, niñas y otros muertos (Punto de partida, 2004), El silencio de los cuerpos (Ediciones B, 2015), and Río entre las piedras (Paraíso Perdido, 2016).
In 2019, she quit her job at an advertising agency to write her first novel: Esto no es una canción de amor (Paraíso Perdido, 2020). Her passion since then is sharing how to take the leap from short story to novel with other aspiring writers.
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