Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, I’m going to walk you through how I wrote a difficult personal essay about a miscarriage using the tools we have learned together: the creation of a double timeline and a three-act story structure. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Putting It All Together!, 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 the last lesson, we learned what a three-act story structure is. In this lesson, we're going to learn how to graph a double timeline into our three-act story structure. I'm going to show you how I wrote a personal essay about a miscarriage using a double timeline graphed into a three-act story structure. By way of reminder, for me, my timeline A, the universal timeline, is pregnancy and pregnancy loss. Those are the big themes I'm looking at. Timeline B, personal, is the fact I had a miscarriage during a depression and a really rough patch in my marriage. What I'm going to do now is star...”

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Course summary for: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 1464 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