Acerca de este curso: This class is the chance to create your personal essay or extend into a full memoir -- from planning and structure to bold narrative brushstrokes to the layering of significant detail. You will develop the opportunity to find your voice and see it come alive, amplified and improved, on the page. This is the chance to tell your story in a way that invites readers in; your story, written to be read. The memoir and personal essay are two of the best-selling and most universally acclaimed genres in the world of modern creative writing. Welcome to your story.
Creada por: Wesleyan University
Enseñado por: Amy Bloom, Distinguished University Writer in Residence and Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing
| Información básica | Curso 3 de 4 en Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself Specialization |
| Idioma | Inglés (English) |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
Programa
SEMANA 1
How to Begin... and How to Continue
In this week, you will learn how to discover what you wish to say, and how to organize your material and your story (and what is the difference between the two).
5 videos
- Vídeo: Five Nouns
- Vídeo: Open the Window
- Vídeo: Foibles, Fallibilities, and Flaws
- Vídeo: A Conversation with Said Sayrafiezadeh
Calificado: The Mistake
SEMANA 2
How Not to Fail
In this week you lean how to overcome your internal critic and your fears.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Out of the Ditch
- Vídeo: Building As You Go
- Vídeo: A Little Distance
- Vídeo: A Conversation with Dani Shapiro
Calificado: Using Memory
SEMANA 3
The Truth of the Story Lies in the Details
In this week, you will learn how to sift through the dusty attic of all your memories, to find the ones that are narrative gold.
4 videos
- Vídeo: What Are Facts For?
- Vídeo: In the Story
- Vídeo: A Conversation with Chandra Prasad
Calificado: Details in the Story
SEMANA 4
Writing to be Read
In this week, you will learn how to tell a good sentence from a bad one and how to absorb the lessons of great memoirists and essayist, without copying anyone.
5 videos
- Vídeo: Drowning in Rhinestones
- Vídeo: White Space
- Vídeo: A Conversation with Ariel Levy
- Vídeo: Building the House
Calificado: Listen to the Sound of Your Writing
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| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
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