Writing Stories About Ourselves
https://www.coursera.org/learn/writing-about-ourselves?specialization=memoir-personal-essay
In this course, creative nonfiction writers will explore traditional storytelling methods, especially those which overlap between fiction and memoir. By looking at examples from a wide range of genres, including film, song, painting—even the theme music for Jaws!—we’ll practice exercising the creative muscle that sees ourselves as characters and the experiences we’ve had as tales. We’ll focus on critical elements, like how to begin a story, what makes for worthy content, the essential use of detail, the strengths and limits of dialogue, the power of the white space. The ultimate goal is for us to become aware of an “audience” when we write, so that the documentation of our lives will begin to resemble a “performance” crafted onto paper rather than a private entry in a journal.
Categoria: Arts and Humanities
Subcategoria: Music and Art
Tipo de Curso: Course
Habilidades:
Idioma: English
Subtitulos: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Rating: 4.2stars
Vistas: 86
Sitio Web: Coursera
Duracion: Approx. 9 hours to complete
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