Creative Writing for Beginners: Bringing Your Story to Life

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Creative Writing for Beginners: Bringing Your Story to Life provided by Domestika is a comprehensive online course. Creative Writing for Beginners: Bringing Your Story to Life is taught by Shaun Levin. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Domestika. The course is taught in Englishand is $11.00. Visit the course page at Domestika for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Learn how to sketch with words and use the details of your imagination to write a memorable story

    • Introduction
    • How to Slow Down and Start Writing Immediately
    • How to Create Impact and Surprise in Your Stories
    • How to Shape a Story
    • Final project
    An impactful story—like any artform—starts with a gathering of ideas and scenes. Out of these pieces, we begin to shape our own personal narrative and develop compelling stories. Shaun Levin is a published author and creative writing teacher with over twenty years of experience, and in this course, he shows you how to delve into your imagination to find everything you’ll need to become a prolific writer, no matter where you are.

    Discover a series of practical exercises intended to sharpen your voice as a writer and develop a complete written piece inspired by a subject you are passionate about.

Syllabus
    • About Me
    • Influences
    • What We Will Do in the Course?
    • Materials
    • Techniques to Write Everywhere
    • Techniques to Approach a Single Subject
    • Techniques for Sketching with Words
    • When You Get Stuck
    • How to Look at a Strawberry
    • The History of Your Feet
    • What’s More Important, the Facts or the Story?
    • Our Final Story
    • Editing and Rewriting
    • Share Your Work with the World
    • Final Tips (Future Projects)
    • Creative Writing for Beginners: Bringing Your Story to Life