I don't think you have to be a writer to know how to write correctly, but this article is designed for those readers who also write and want to learn new writing techniques or expand your knowledge about it.
I myself did the odd creative writing course at the time and today I appreciate it, although I do not exclude at all the possibility of doing one or the other more. For this reason, and because I consider this page quite good when it comes to offering writing workshops and courses quite interesting, I leave you with the ones that have caught my attention the most. This is the website of Kafka Hotel and of its courses open soon (for the months of April and May) and of those that are totally 'on-line' and that start each week.
Creative writing course I
The teacher of this course is also the director of Hotel Kafka. Is about Eduardo Villas. The course description begins like this: «The distance between what is thought, said or written becomes greater when we create a literary text. The maturity of the idea has to go through a series of sieves that belong to the convention, to the social, and that sometimes appeal to the universal. Their knowledge enables us to gain greater control and decision over what we think and write. Through various exercises and readings, we will try to shorten that distance, seeking resources and investigating our linguistic possibilities, moving our texts away and bringing them closer to the idea that we hope or want them to be ... »
If you want to take this course, your list of topics is:
- Introduction to fiction.
- The expression of the senses.
- The identification and selection of the point of view.
- The distance in the narrative.
- The construction of the character.
- Modes of interaction between the characters.
- The inner monologue.
Its price is 225 euros and its modality is 100% face-to-face in Madrid.
Novel practical course
Your teacher is Ronaldo Menendez, a native of Havana. According to its description, it is a course designed for both new and old students. New techniques will be given in the writing of the novel, as well as the possibility of specific advice and personalized advice on narrative projects for those who have already worked on the subject of the novel. Its price is 250 euros.
Su list of topics is the following:
- Introduction. The novel as an open work, its flexible borders and narrative systems. Where do all the techniques and conception of the novel come from? What relationship does this product of Modernity, which is the novel, have with its writing tools and its search for valid aesthetic and communicative paths?
- This argument, is it valid for a novel? The author's perspective on the plot system and the 'skeleton' of what he wants to narrate.
- The choice of the narrator, the point of view and its relation to different types of monologues: First, second and third person, limits and applications. Moves and jumps, multiple perspective. The narrative focuses: zero, internal and external targeting. Polyphony and voices.
- The character, theatricalization, stereotypes and volume: Elocutions, giver and receiver, assistant and opponent, acting roles and thematic roles, consistency of the character.
- The temporal structure as a matter to maintain the tension of the text: Narrating as a bird, linearity, fragmentation, retrospective. Rhythm, ellipsis, summary, scene, decelaration, pause.
Like the previous one, it is also 100% face-to-face and takes place in the city of Madrid.
Virtual story workshop
The teacher who teaches it is Angela Medina And unlike the previous two, this one is totally online and lasts for 8 weeks. Its price is 175 Euros.
El list of topics that composes it is:
- Differences between the story and the novel.
- How to start a story.
- The conflict.
- Presentation and evolution of the character.
- The handling of the narrator.
- The structure of the story.
- How to end a story.
- Write your pproper story.
And the best thing about this course is that if you don't want to start it today, you don't have to worry, since every week, at the beginning of it, a new workshop starts.
If you like any of these courses or want to continue learning about many more, this is the link to Hotel Kafka.