Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio

A course by Annamaria Testa , Writer

Writer. Lombardía, Italy.
Joined March 2022

Explore your unique writing voice, enjoy fun exercises, and craft a portfolio that showcases your growth and potential as a writer.

100% positive reviews (14)
1,086 students
Audio: Italian, English
Italian · Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Polish · Dutch

Explore your unique writing voice, enjoy fun exercises, and craft a portfolio that showcases your growth and potential as a writer.

Immerse yourself in the world of creative writing and communication under the guidance of Annamaria Testa, a leading voice in the field with nearly five decades of professional experience.

Discover the many facets of textual creativity, from devising business names to writing songs and writing articles.

Through a practical and exemplary approach, you will explore how each text, regardless of its purpose, can be transformed into a creative work. You will learn to approach topics from unprecedented perspectives, applying theories and techniques that will enrich your style and approach to writing.

This course invites you to perceive writing as an art capable of transmitting emotions and ideas in a vibrant and interesting way, ensuring that each word counts and contributes to communicating your message in the most effective way possible.

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What will you learn in this online course?

16 lessons & 24 downloads

Good writing
8 minutes, 10 seconds
To describe
8 minutes, 5 seconds
Imagine
6 minutes, 25 seconds
To invent
10 minutes, 26 seconds
Rebuild
7 minutes, 58 seconds
An interview
7 minutes, 27 seconds
  • 100% positive reviews (14)
  • 1,086 students
  • 16 lessons (2h 24m)
  • 24 additional resources (9 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Italian, English
  • Italian · Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

Your final task will be to create a thematic anthology or portfolio that encompasses diverse writing styles and genres.

This compendium will be tangible proof of your evolution and diversity as a writer, showing your ability to handle different registers and themes with cohesion and originality.

Who is this online course for?

This program is designed for writing enthusiasts of all levels who want to explore and expand their textual creativity.

Whether you're a beginner looking to discover your voice or an experienced writer looking for new techniques and perspectives, you'll find valuable tools here to enrich your writing practice.

Requirements and materials

All you need is your passion for writing and the willingness to experiment with words.

Throughout the course, you will work with exercises and projects that will allow you to apply what you have learned, simply using paper and pencil or your favorite word processor.


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Annamaria Testa

A course by Annamaria Testa

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Annamaria Testa is a prominent figure in the world of creativity and communication.

With a career spanning almost fifty years, he has explored a diversity of genres and formats: from advertising to literature and journalism.

His professional beginnings in 1974 were nothing more than the prelude to a career full of successes and recognitions, including his inclusion in the Hall of Fame of the Art Directors Club Italiano and obtaining the Giuditta Prize for his saggio "Le vie del Senso".

Testa is an ambitious reader and traveler, whose passion for sharing and teaching is reflected both in her academic contributions and in her active participation in the Salone del Libro di Torino and the Gruppo Incipit of the Accademia della Crusca.


Content

  • U1

    To begin

    • Who I am and what I write
    • Inspiration is everywhere
  • U2

    Thinking and writing

    • Good writing
    • To describe
    • Imagine
    • To invent
    • Rebuild
  • U3

    Different writings

    • An interview
    • An advertisement
    • A microhistory
    • A fragment of narration
    • A story
  • U4

    The devil in the details

    • Write to measure
    • Look for a rhythm
    • Reread and correct
    • Self-portrait
  • FP

    Final project

    • Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio

What to expect from a Domestika course

  • Learn at your own pace

    Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.

  • Learn from the best professionals

    Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.

  • Meet expert teachers

    Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.

  • Certificates
    Plus

    If you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.

  • Get front-row seats

    Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.

  • Share knowledge and ideas

    Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.

  • Connect with a global creative community

    The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.

  • Watch professionally produced courses

    Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.


FAQs

Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.

All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.

The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.

You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.

If you're a Plus member, when you complete a course you've purchased, you'll instantly get your personalized certificate. You can see all your certificates in the Certificates section of your profile. You can download your certificates as PDFs and share the link online. Learn more about certificates.
Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio . Writing course by Annamaria Testa

Creative Writing: Build your Own Portfolio

A course by Annamaria Testa
Writer. Lombardía, Italy.
Joined March 2022
  • 100% positive reviews (14)
  • 1,086 students