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Курс от Wesleyan University
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Creative Writing: The Craft of Character
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At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. We will learn how to use our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!). We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance, habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe life into our characters and let them surprise us.
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Программа курса
4 модулей · 23 учебных материалов
01Discovering Characters from Your Life and Elsewhere8 материалов
Conception
ConceptionВидеоThe Conflict Within
The Conflict Within (Shop Talk with Brando Skyhorse)ВидеоDesire and Goals
Desire and GoalsВидеоHearing, Selecting, and Seeing
Hearing, Selecting, and SeeingВидео02Creating Characters on the Page5 материалов
Visiting Writer: Richard Blanco
Visiting Writer: Richard BlancoВидеоVoice
VoiceВидеоMaking Them Matter to the Reader
Making Them Matter to the Reader (with Visiting Writer Dani Shapiro)ВидеоThe Story Reveals Who We Are
The Story Reveals Who We Are (Shop Talk with Salvatore Scibona)ВидеоAssignment: Observation and Implication
Observation and ImplicationВзаимная проверка03Dialogue and Monologue5 материалов
Inflection
InflectionВидеоPicking Your Point of View
Picking Your Point of View (Shop Talk with Amity Gaige)ВидеоConversation's Greatest Hits
Conversation's Greatest HitsВидеоIdiosyncrasies
IdiosyncrasiesВидеоAssignment: Location, Location, Location
Location, Location, LocationВзаимная проверка04Set Your Characters Free.. and Give Them Somewhere to Go5 материалов
What Do We Do & How Do We Do It
What We Do and How We Do ItВидеоThe Relationship between the Character and the Wide World
The Relationship Between the Character and the Wide World (with Visiting Writer Valerie Martin)ВидеоVoice of Narrator
Voice of NarratorВидеоVoice of Narrative
Voice of NarrativeВидеоAssignment: Point of View
Point of ViewВзаимная проверкаУчитесь у экспертов
Amy Bloom
Distinguished University Writer in Residence and Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing