Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
About Me
A course by Julia Bell , Writer and Teacher
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To start, I will tell you a little about myself and my writing and teaching career, as well as my day-to-day life as a published author and an academic.”
In this video lesson Julia Bell addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life. Learn creative writing and storytelling techniques to craft engaging nonfiction pieces for publication or personal enjoyment.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, my name is Julia Bell, and I'm a writer, an academic and a teacher of creative writing. For the last 20 years, I've made a living as a writer, both inside and outside the university. I grew up in West Wales, and my interest in writing started, I think, from when I can remember, reading as a six and seven-year-old. I started off reading loads of Enid Blyton novels and then writing them in my notebook. Then, when I was about 12, a writer called Gillian Clarke came to our school to visit. She did a poetry lesson with us, and I wrote a poem, which emerged in the space of about half...”
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Course summary for: Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
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Creative Writing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling
Julia Bell
A course by Julia Bell
Julia Bell is a writer and a professor at Birkbeck, University of London.
She loved writing growing up, and by the age of 12, she knew she wanted to do it for a living, thanks to a school-sponsored poetry workshop. She went on to hone her craft with a master’s degree before launching her career in the world of the written word. For her, this creative activity is not only a profession but a lifestyle, and her surroundings are an endless source of inspiration.
Since she got her start, Julia has published three young adult novels—Massive, Dirty Work, and The Dark Light—which have been translated into multiple languages. She has also written several nonfiction books including Radical Attention and the bestseller Creative Writing Coursebook. Her poetry, essays, and short stories have been broadcast on the BBC and featured in publications like The Paris Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The White Review, Comma Press, and Mal Journal.
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