Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
Structuring Stories
A course by Julia Bell , Writer and Teacher
About the video: Structuring Stories
Overview
“Drawing on what we've covered previously with memory and story development, it's time to think about how to structure what you're writing! You will learn the science of storytelling. ”
In this video lesson Julia Bell addresses the topic: Structuring Stories, 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
“Structuring Stories In this lesson, building on what we've been doing with story development and detail, we'll think some more about how to structure a piece of writing. In her essay "The Carrier Bag - Theory of Fiction," Ursula K. Le Guin talks about the importance of a container for a story rather than a structure. This makes sense if you think about it. We don't necessarily always need to be moving through time in a linear way, but we do need something to hold it together. In "Citizen," by Claudia Rankine, she takes cut-ups and collages as her approach, and you can see when you read the ...”
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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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