Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio
A microhistory
A course by Annamaria Testa , Writer
About the video: A microhistory
Overview
“Ahora te enfrentarás a un desafío en el que han participado escritores famosos, desde Margaret Atwood hasta Dave Eggers: escribir una historia en 6 palabras. Es una excelente manera de pensar en la síntesis: cuánto pueden decir los textos breves y cómo decirlo. ”
In this video lesson Annamaria Testa addresses the topic: A microhistory, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio . Explore your unique writing voice, enjoy fun exercises, and craft a portfolio that showcases your growth and potential as a writer..
Partial transcription of the video
“The short texts, we have already experimented with the previous test, they are a big challenge. And composing a short text requires considerable discipline and, Chekhov said so, some talent. So, it's really worth practicing, also because getting a good result gives a certain satisfaction. That's why this new test asks you to work again on a very short text, so short that it forces you to think about every single word you choose. However, this test adds two further challenges, the challenge of an exact measure and the narrative challenge. It is in fact about writing an entire story in six wo...”
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Course summary for: Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio
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Advertising, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Writing
Annamaria Testa
A course by Annamaria Testa
Annamaria Testa is a prominent figure in the world of creativity and communication.
With a career spanning almost fifty years, he has explored a diversity of genres and formats: from advertising to literature and journalism.
His professional beginnings in 1974 were nothing more than the prelude to a career full of successes and recognitions, including his inclusion in the Hall of Fame of the Art Directors Club Italiano and obtaining the Giuditta Prize for his saggio "Le vie del Senso".
Testa is an ambitious reader and traveler, whose passion for sharing and teaching is reflected both in her academic contributions and in her active participation in the Salone del Libro di Torino and the Gruppo Incipit of the Accademia della Crusca.
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