Creative writing courses
Write your story was born out of a need:
to set up, organise and run writing courses.
- A room all to yourself: writing, a place to find yourself
- Individual creative writing courses
- Group creative writing courses by Lorena Fiorini
The creative writing course is an initiative for all women and men who want to embark on a journey into a story that springs from the soul, a treasure chest in which to store memories and thoughts from their own feelings, their family and their people.
The course will be taught by Lorena Fiorini, a creative writing teacher and author of numerous books, including two books of stories by students of her creative writing courses, Il piacere di raccontare (The pleasure of storytelling) and I racconti del venerdì (Friday stories).
At the end of the course, the stories, selected and enriched with images and photographs, will become a book, published by the publishing house hosting the initiative and edited by a writer who is aware and sensitive to the world around her, to nature, art and society. A book to leaf through, read and give to the people we love on the occasion of an event, a celebration, a special moment or a milestone.
A story to tell our children and grandchildren.
Writing can help us shake off the past, start walking in a different direction, not just look but observe, learn from our mistakes to correct our course, and write to ward off loneliness and fear.
The first course, divided into 12 lessons, each lasting 2 hours, will follow this programme:
- Storytelling, telling your story
- The tools of the trade
- Writing
- The blank page, organising your work
- What stories to tell, the plot
- From story to plot
- Narration, rhythm
- The twist, the point of view
- Dialogue, screenwriting and style
- Characters
- Overview of the story
- Reading stories, publishing
The Second Course, divided into 12 lessons, each lasting 2 hours, according to the following programme:
- How to keep the reader hooked
- Fabula and plot
- Epilogue, prologue, preface and afterword
- Flashbacks, going back
- Revelations, appearances
- Suspense, tension in the story
- Setting
- Climax
- Details
- Marketing strategies
- Contributing to the success of the book
- Meeting with a publishing house expert
The third course, Choosing between writing a short story or a novel, differences and similarities, divided into 6 lessons lasting 2 hours each, according to the following programme:
- Tracing the basic emotion
- Starting with the image first
- Writing the story, choosing between a novel or a short story
- Writing an engaging ending
- Rereading the story. Editing the content
- Getting help from the teacher
For individual courses, methods and appointments will be agreed with the authors.
Depending on the availability of participants, writing weekends in Pratovecchio Stia are planned.