Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

Overview

“Building on what you've learned about detail, memory, and the unreliability of memory, we'll move on and consider how to structure a piece. I will explain how to distinguish the situation and the story. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Situation and the Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization. Transform ideas into captivating stories using creative writing techniques and overcome writer's block through practice.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, building on what we've already learned about detail and memory and the unreliability of memory, we're going to think about how to structure a story. In writing from life, I think it's always useful to try and distinguish the difference between a situation and a story. Situation being the surroundings and the story being the things that happen. In her fantastic book, The Situation and the Story, the writer Vivian Gornick explains this really clearly. And she says, Every work of literature has both a situation and a story. The situation is the context or circumstance, sometime...”

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Course summary for: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 2190 students
• 6 units
• 64 lessons (9h 22m)
• 15 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Consulting, Creative Writing, Creativity, Design Management, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Storytelling, Writing