Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

Overview

“We will now explore the art of making something active and alive in prose, borrowing techniques from fiction. How can you bring your story into the moment so that the narrative can move forward in the reader's mind? ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Making a Scene, 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 we'll consider the art of making something active and alive in prose. Making a scene is probably one of the most fictional parts of creating creative non-fiction because we're borrowing all of the knowledge from how we make a piece of fiction, how we tell a story. We're borrowing the essence of storytelling in a way. As I already said in the previous lesson I use the present tense in my piece as a way of bringing it into the moment, of making a scene, making something happen in the now so that the story can move forward in the mind of the reader and they can read it as if it'...”

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Course summary for: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 1626 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