Narrative Techniques for Unlocking Your Creativity

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Course overview

Provider
Domestika
Course type
Paid course
Level
Beginner
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
2 hours
Lessons
12 lessons
Certificate
Available on completion
Course author
Mela Pabón Navedo

It's highly likely that at one point or another you've felt creatively frustrated or been paralyzed by the daunting blank page. However, according to writer, illustrator, and comedian Mela Pabón, who has worked with artists like Bad Bunny and brands like McDonald's, you have to understand that creativity is a game to be played and a muscle that needs training.

In this course, Mela shows you tools and techniques to help you easily come up with new ideas and freely explore them. Learn what a creative block is and why it happens, and experiment with different storytelling formats like improvisational theater, TV series, and illustration to create a personal diary overflowing with inspiration.

Description

Explore different methods of expression, from improvisational theater to comics and comedy, to generate ideas and express your creativity

Mela Pabón opens the course by introducing herself and telling you about her work. She shares her interests, shows you her biggest influences, and explains how each one has inspired her.

Find out what the dreaded creative block is and why it comes at the worst times. Then, look at several narrative formats you can use as a launching pad for your stories and see why a creative diary is the perfect tool to get your ideas flowing.

Now it's time to start filling your diary through a series of exercises, including anything-goes improvisational writing, a collection of stories and anecdotes, daily observations to record your experiences (no more saying "nothing happened today"), and image-based writing.

Now that you've got some material to work with, discover how to develop your ideas using Mela's creative process. Begin by identifying a good idea and learning how to draw it, then turn it into an Instagram post and measure the results. To round out the course, Mela teaches you how to build a work routine to keep your creativity flowing.

Narrative Techniques for Unlocking Your Creativity
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