Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
Working with Memory
A course by Julia Bell , Writer and Teacher
About the video: Working with Memory
Overview
“Let's build on the observation exercises from the previous lessons! I will encourage you to think about how memory works, how we remember, and the ways in which we write from memory.”
In this video lesson Julia Bell addresses the topic: Working with Memory, 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
“In this lesson, we're going to build on the observational exercises we've done in the first two lessons. And we're going to think about memory. We're going to think how memory works. how we remember. and how we write from memory. As creatures who are trapped by time, but also moving through space. We move through the world in a linear way, trapped by the beat of the clock. But at any given moment, we could be thinking about something that happened 10 years ago. 15 years ago. So we're floating in the space of our own consciousness. At the same time as working through the beats of the clock. ...”
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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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