Specialization in experience-based writing

Course summary

• U1: Get inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Cesar Tejeda

  • Influences | Aloma Rodriguez

  • Influences | Daniel Saldaña

  • Influences | Aniko Villalba

  • Influences | Maria Jose Caro

• U2: Introduction to Autobiographical Writing

  • Discussions around autobiographical writing

  • Center of gravity

  • Autobiographical genres

  • Narrative tools

  • Dramatic tools

  • Betrayals of memory

  • Documentary writings and intertextual writings

  • Open structures

  • Tips for carrying out the writing

  • From the short story to the autobiographical novel

  • And after writing, what do I do with my work?

• U3: Introduction to Creative Writing from Personal Experience

  • Introduction to Writing

  • Routine and Rituals

  • Writing Exercises

  • How to Define a Topic and Start a Draft

  • The First Draft

  • Editing and Reading Aloud

  • The Choice of Title

  • The End of the Story

  • And Now What Do I Do With My Story?

  • From Text to Book

  • Final Tips

• U4: From Personal Diary to Non-Fiction Short Story

  • Diaries, Essays and Stories

  • Write Everyday Life

  • Write the Exceptional

  • The Narrative Voice

  • Beginnings and Endings

  • Play With the Score

  • Work by Chunks

  • The Investigation

  • Writing Tips

  • Edit Your Own Text

  • Publishing Is Sharing

• U5: Travel Journaling: Document Feelings and Memories

  • Let's define "travel"

  • The magic of journaling: the notebook as a treasure chest

  • The materials

  • Tips for not abandoning your notebook

  • Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 1

  • Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 2

  • In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 1

  • In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 2

  • In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 1

  • In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 2

  • The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 1

  • The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 2

  • What to do with notebooks

• U6: Writing Short Stories Based on Personal Experience

  • From the anecdote to the story

  • The childhood of a writer

  • Look for the wound

  • Structure and point of view

  • Start and end of the trip

  • Flesh and blood characters

  • Revisit the memories

  • Selection of the narrator and the tone of the story

  • Outlining the characters and creating a storyline

  • Write the text

  • Selection of the title and rereading

  • How to overcome a creative block

  • Avoid the common place

  • My text in front of the others

• Final project

  • Specialization in Experience-Based Writing