Creative Writing Workshop

By Miguel D'Addario

The dream of writing a book for prosperity is one of the so-called purposes in life. They all write it down together with “plant a tree” and “have a child” and most will marry, breed offspring and participate in a reforestation campaign but… what about the book? We walk through a bookstore or visit an exhibition of books from around the world and we are surprised that someone is able to write stories, collect biographies of illustrious men… And even in movies, “diaries” seem to be the ideal of any young person captured on screen.

Could it be that it is impossible to write this book in order to leave a mark of our passage in this world?

Let me tell you yes. Yes it is possible.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Apr 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781547525171

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Creative Writing

Workshop

Methods, techniques and exercises

Miguel D’Addario

Author

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All rights reserved ·Safe Creative

Second edition

European Community

2018

Index

Prologue

Starting to write

Basic characteristics for writing

Writing

Writing

Basic principles of writing

Evolution of the writing

Ideographic principle

Phonetic principle

Spoken language and written language

Writing systems

Phonetic script

Alphabets

Abjads or consonants

Abugidas or pseudosyllabaries

Syllabaries

Ideographic writings

Writing functions

Starting to create

Tips to create inspiration

Question the idea

Observing a photograph

Write without thinking

Practical exercise No. 1

Write a brief personal anecdotic story, applying what was learned previously

Create atmosphere

Write dialogues

Creating credible characters

The literary genres

Practical exercise No. 2

The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The writing of a text

Meaning

Requirements

Important concepts for writing

Topic sentence in the introduction

Practical exercise No. 3

The planet in conflict with men

Practical exercise No. 4

Write an introduction to the following themes

Main sentence in the statement to start a redaction

Practical exercise No. 5

Work in the construction of human dignity

Practical exercise No. 6

Make brief statements on the following topics

The key word within the topic sentence in the redaction

Steps to make the paragraph of the introduction

Project theme: youth and violence

The development of the writing

The conclusion in the writing

Types of conclusions

Practical exercise No. 7

Writing from draft

Development

Introduction

Conclusion

Work on a text

Inspiration, source of wisdom

Kinderman, the character of Blatty, example to follow

Idioms

Creation of the characters

The style

Taking notes

Let's imagine

Practical exercise No 8

Create your own work

Writer’s function

The publishing

Editorial desktop publishing

Literary contests

Writing workshop

But what is a workshop?

Everything boils down to the word: work?

Practical exercise No. 9

Choosing a theme for a story

Tips to keep in mind when starting to write

Read

Write

Research

Clarity

Do not overload

Write the first draft

Check your spelling

Rest

Feedback

Blank sheet

Review the structure

Form and content

Do not focus on the language

Professional writing and literature

To write well you have to read

Spanish when he writes well writes very baroque

Writing and the business world

Think about what you will write before writing

Full marks, full marks, full marks

Do not repeat words

Use subtitles or intermediate heads

Do not abuse punctuation marks or bold letters

Use spell checkers

Be authentic

Establish a structure

Have a strong beginning and end

Read a lot

Know your audience

Write daily

Read it out loud

Ask someone else to read it

Writing tips from Chuck Palahniuk

Write the book you want to read

16 tips for writing by Jorge Luis Borges

The 16 tips

Stephen King's tips for writing

Do not use the passive voice

Do not get obsessed with the perfect grammar

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things

Write with the door closed and re-write with the door open

Stories can be found anywhere, at any time

Be delightfully, unapologetically weird

Practical exercise No. 9

Choose a specific topic and complete with related words

Practical exercise No. 10

Choose a theme and write in the boxes the times as events happen

Practical exercise No. 11

After choosing a theme, develop it in the branches of the tree

Practical exercise No. 12

Choose a topic and group words and short sentences

Practical exercise No. 13

Record the sequence of a story chosen at random

Practical exercise No. 14

Describe a topic in a clockwise direction

Practical exercise No. 15

Make up a story fill in the following map

Practical exercise No. 16

Tell a story that is a complete cycle of start-end-start-end

Practical exercise No. 17

Complete the map as instructed

Practical exercise No. 18

Complete the map with the data of a given story

Practical exercise No. 19

Invent a story from the information to be completed

on the map

Practical exercise No. 20

Record the development of a short story on the map

Annex to Creative writing course

Glossary of literary terms

Bibliography

Author

Miguel D’Addario is Italian, born in Buenos Aires. He has got a Degree in Journalism, a Master in Social education, a Master in Sociology and a PhD Degree in Social Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid. He has developed his experience in various fields of teaching, from vocational training to the university level, both in Latin America and Europe.

He is also an industrial engineer (UNC), a senior technician in industrial equipment, maintenance and management. He has published a hundred books, mostly educational for all levels. His books can be found in various study centers and libraries worldwide, such as in the University San Pablo in Peru, the University of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, the University of San Gregorio of Ecuador, the University of Valencia, the National Library of Spain, the National Library of Argentina, the University of Texas, the Complutense University of Madrid, the University of Toronto in Canada, the University of Deusto, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the National University of San Marcos (Peru), the University of Illinois, the University of Kansas, the Community Libraries of Madrid, Castilla y León, Andalusia, and the Basque Country, the British National Library, Harvard University and the Library of Congress in the United States.

He has received awards and mentions from writers’ associations, cultural centers, universities and related entities, as PhD and essayist but also as speaker, lecturer and researcher in universities, educational centers, public and private.

He is author of artistic books: poetry, tales and stories.

Author of educational books, in multiple levels and topics. Author of books on philosophy, ontology and metaphysics. Author of self-help and coaching books.

His books are distributed in the five continents, are assiduously consulted in worldwide libraries and are registered in catalogs, ISBNs and international bibliographic databases.

They are translated in many languages and can be found in international bookstores, both in paper format and in electronic version.

Website to know more about and/or purchase other books by the author:

http://migueldaddariobooks.blogspot.com/

Prologue

The dream of writing a book for prosperity is one of the so-called purposes in life. They all write it down together with plant a tree and have a child and most will marry, breed offspring and participate in a reforestation campaign but... what about the book? We walk through a bookstore or visit an exhibition of books from around the world and we are surprised that someone can write stories, collect biographies of illustrious men... And even in movies, diaries seem to be the ideal of any young person captured on screen.

Could it be that it is impossible to write this book to leave a mark of our passage in this world?

Let me tell you yes. Yes, it is possible.

You can do it dear student.

Your previous preparation does not matter, neither your beliefs, neither your skin color. Everyone, without exception, can do it.

Do you want to dive in the art of writing?

I will accompany you in every step.

In my more than 30 years as a professional writer, I can tell you that the world of literature is a paradise to enjoy.

Let’s start.

Let’s rise to the world of art.

Starting to write

It is curious how we have classified writers as strange beings with certain kinds of attire, half rare, as if they came from another world.

We imagine Ernest Hemingway with a fishing rod for his Old Man and the Sea, and we put very different stereotypes to these eccentric human beings, as we believe.

Anton Chekhov like another young American of letters, died in the same place, both very young, but they collected an entire lifetime in their books.

To write is to transmit to posterity an essential part of ourselves.

When writing, a part of our soul is printed on each page. That is why it is an art, because as the great D.H. Lawrence, the author of Lady Chatterley’s lover, said when talking about the novel, the novel is life, and that a good part of us is reflected in every writing we do.

Our subconscious is the one that embodies in every page and every letter yielded, as if we were fighting spear in hand against imaginary windmills. Dare yourself to write and you will see that it opens a range of possibilities where nothing is impossible.

While writing you will find new worlds, and it is at the same time your private universe, that world that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry found when he portrayed in The Little Prince, the epic of childhood.

It is time to take the flight.

Put on your glasses, turn on the engine of your imagination and fly away!

As well as to make a dress you will need thread, needle and cloth, to start writing, you also need tools.

Please let me show you.

First is your imagination.

But if I’m not imaginative, or creative?, you will say.

Imagination is your powerful weapon, the best one, with which you were equipped.

Do you plan your day? You are creating...!

Literary creation starts