Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, you will explore the key influences that shape Shaun Levin work, focusing on single books, entire bodies of work, and writers' lives. You’ll learn how Jack Kerouac, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jamaica Kincaid impacted Levin approach to storytelling, voice, and simplicity.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Influences / Shaun Levin , 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, I'm going to talk about some of the influences on my own work as a writer. I think there are three different types of influences that we can have as writers. For me, there's the influence of a single book, and I think there's also the influence of a writer's whole body of work and also their life, everything around them, and a writer's work, but not necessarily their life. So the influence is really their work. The single book that has had the most impact on me, particularly starting out as a writer, was Jack Kerouac's On the Road. And I think for me, what was a surprise whe...”

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Course summary for: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (15)
• 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