BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:963c3d19645212d4e0d7b51868d51ad1 CATEGORIES:Seminars & Workshops CREATED:20220117T124247 SUMMARY:Upskill Series | Everything you know about storytelling is wrong by Prof. Michael Burns DESCRIPTION:One of the most misunderstood words in the English language is the word "st ory." Because of that, the art of storytelling is quickly being lost. This workshop recaptures the word by explaining what a story actually is while t eaching you the structure that every memorable story stands on. This is ide al for anyone who likes creative writing but who struggles to write their o wn stories, whether about the real world around us or from your imagination .\nSpeaker Profile\nProf. Michael Burns completed his Ph.D. in Documentary Film History from the University of Birmingham in the UK in 2008, becoming the first student in the United Kingdom to submit an audio/visual doctorate . Since then, he has completed five documentary films for international tel evision and his work has appeared in over twenty countries.\nIn recent year s he developed a strong interest in story structure and traditions of story telling. While living in Bombay from 2011 to 2017, Prof. Burns founded and directed Tall Tales, India’s longest-running, live, non-fiction storytellin g event series. He has published two books derived from this storytelling w ork. He also teaches the most popular creative writing workshop in India un der the Tall Tales umbrella.\nIn addition to his work as a writing coach fo r aspiring writers (both would-be novelists and non-fiction authors), he al so runs international writing retreats through his company The Story Retrea t.\nProf.  Burns current research interests include the universal story str ucture, character design, setting architecture in writing, the art of oral narration, and comparative international storytelling traditions."\nTo regi ster, please visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hPCtIi8mRR2 j9hQjdqmaVw.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

One of the most misunderstood words in the English language is the word "story." Because of that, the art of storytelling is quickly being lost. Th is workshop recaptures the word by explaining what a story actually is whil e teaching you the structure that every memorable story stands on. This is ideal for anyone who likes creative writing but who struggles to write thei r own stories, whether about the real world around us or from your imaginat ion.

Speaker Profile

Prof. Michael Burns compl eted his Ph.D. in Documentary Film History from the University of Birmingha m in the UK in 2008, becoming the first student in the United Kingdom to su bmit an audio/visual doctorate. Since then, he has completed five documenta ry films for international television and his work has appeared in over twe nty countries.

In recent years he developed a strong interest in stor y structure and traditions of storytelling. While living in Bombay from 201 1 to 2017, Prof. Burns founded and directed Tall Tales, India’s longest-run ning, live, non-fiction storytelling event series. He has published two boo ks derived from this storytelling work. He also teaches the most popular cr eative writing workshop in India under the Tall Tales umbrella.

In ad dition to his work as a writing coach for aspiring writers (both would-be n ovelists and non-fiction authors), he also runs international writing retre ats through his company The Story Retreat.

Prof.  Burns current resea rch interests include the universal story structure, character design, sett ing architecture in writing, the art of oral narration, and comparative int ernational storytelling traditions."

To register, please visi t: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina r/register/WN_hPCtIi8mRR2j9hQjdqmaVw.

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