Creative Nonfiction: Write from Life
The Voice of the Piece
A course by Julia Bell , Writer and Teacher
About the video: The Voice of the Piece
Overview
“In this lesson, I will discuss the importance of finding the voice of your piece and the ways in which non-fiction differs from fiction.”
In this video lesson Julia Bell addresses the topic: The Voice of the Piece, 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
“The Voice of the Piece In this lesson, we'll consider the voice of the piece and the way in which nonfiction differs from fiction. Voice is often a hard concept to define. We know what a bad voice is. Dry, boring, unconvincing. But it's more difficult to define what a good voice is. We know when we hear it that we like it, but we're not sure why it's drawn us in somehow and we're convinced. Al Alvarez in his book "The Writer's Voice" says, "The authentic voice may not be the one you want to hear. All true art is subversive at some level or other, but it doesn't simply subvert literary clich...”
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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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