Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
Developing Your Voice
A course by Julia Bell , Writer and Teacher
About the video: Developing Your Voice
Overview
“A key stepping stone to your success as a writer is finding your voice. I will guide you through some exercises that will help you to identify and extend your own unique way of writing. ”
In this video lesson Julia Bell addresses the topic: Developing Your Voice, 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
“Developing Your Voice In this lesson, we're going to consider what we mean by finding your voice, and do some exercises to help you develop and expand your voice. Every piece of writing has a unique voice and style, and in the classroom, we often talk about finding your voice as if it's something that was lost. How do we come to terms with this idea of finding your voice? What do we mean by it? Very basically, it means that no two people have the same experience of living, of being in the world. We don't even experience colour in the same way. We hear sounds slightly differently. We're all ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
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Areas
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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