Informações sobre o curso: No centro de uma boa história são os personagens. Este curso de escritores aspirantes vai descobrir como construir e dar vida complexos, vívidos e inesquecíveis personagens. Nós vamos estudar as escolhas que um escritor faz para dar vida aos personagens no papel e fazer exercícios escritos com o intuito de desenvolver uma variedade técnicas de escrita e de pré-escrita para criar uma variedade de personagens. Iremos aprender como usar nossas próprias experiências de vida e as pessoas que conhecemos (e como não usar!). Em seguida, desenvolver a vida interior (pensamentos e sentimentos) e o exterior (aparência, hábitos, comportamento) para nossos personagens e ver como isso pode nos levar a histórias ricas e mais interessantes. Vamos dar um sopro de vida dentro dos nossos personagens e deixa que eles nos surpreendam.

Desenvolvido por: Universidade Wesleyan

Ministrado por: Amy Bloom, Distinguished University Writer in Residence and Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing

Informações básicas	Curso 2 de 5 no Escrita criativa Specialization
Compromisso	4 semanas de estudo, 2-4 horas/semana
Idioma	English
Como ser aprovado	Seja aprovado em todas as tarefas para concluir o curso.
Classificação do usuário	4.5 estrelas Classificação média do usuário 4.5Veja o que os aprendizes disseram

Programa

SEMANA 1

Discovering Characters from Your Life and Elsewhere

What happens in the writer's mind before any words are written on the paper? Characters then reveal themselves through conflict and drama. Without conflict there is no purpose to the story. We then discuss desire. Human beings want things, even when we don't really know what it is we wish for. Finally, we conclude the module like Michelangelo, chipping away everything that is not the masterpiece statue of David. Learn to find what is germane to the story you are telling by looking closely at the character.

5 videos, 2 leituras

Vídeo: The Conflict Within (Shop Talk with Brando Skyhorse)
Vídeo: Desire and Goals
Vídeo: Hearing, Selecting, and Seeing
Reading: A Note on Assignments
Vídeo: Feedback Expectations for the Specialization
Reading: Promo Codes

Nota atribuída: Creating a Character from an Idea

SEMANA 2

Creating Characters on the Page

Here, we delve deeper into the characters. What is their physical description, and how can we describe them through action? How do they speak? What makes me want to read about them? When your characters need help or understanding, or even rescuing, this draws the reader in, far more than likability. Finally, we discuss how the plot reveals the inner life of characters through what they do as well as say.

4 videos

Vídeo: Voice
Vídeo: Making Them Matter to the Reader (with Visiting Writer Dani Shapiro)
Vídeo: The Story Reveals Who We Are (Shop Talk with Salvatore Scibona)

Nota atribuída: Observation and Implication

SEMANA 3

Dialogue and Monologue

How do we lead a reader to a world that feels real? Narrators have an attitude, towards subjects and audience, about the world and its events. We discuss in this module considerations involved in planning for these realities, including the differences between first and third person and the construction of dialogue with verisimilitude - the feel of real life - while stripping away the tedium. We ask what idiosyncrasies your characters possess and how to control them to advance the narrative.

4 videos

Vídeo: Picking Your Point of View (Shop Talk with Amity Gaige)
Vídeo: Conversation's Greatest Hits
Vídeo: Idiosyncrasies

Nota atribuída: Location, Location, Location

SEMANA 4

Set Your Characters Free.. and Give Them Somewhere to Go

In this module, we reflect on how our readers learn about our characters - and how we as writers do, as well. We ask questions about who is telling the story, why, and with what goal. We conclude the course with a conversation about the narrator and, distinctly, the narrative, to see how they shape the reader's perception of character and story.

4 videos

Vídeo: The Relationship Between the Character and the Wide World (with Visiting Writer Valerie Martin)
Vídeo: Voice of Narrator
Vídeo: Voice of Narrative

Nota atribuída: Point of View

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Coursework

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Desenvolvedores

Universidade Wesleyan

At Wesleyan, distinguished scholar-teachers work closely with students, taking advantage of fluidity among disciplines to explore the world with a variety of tools. The university seeks to build a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who think critically and creatively and who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit.

Custo

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Acesso a materiais valendo nota	Disponível
Receba uma nota final	Disponível
Obtenha um Certificado de Curso compartilhável	Disponível

Classificações e avaliações

Avaliado em 4.5 de 5 decorrente de 800 avaliações

Learned a lot! Love Amy Bloom's teaching.

"The Craft of Character" is a basic building block to understanding character narration.

I didn't love the videos in this course very much – they just weren't very helpful. They had some interesting thoughts, but for the most part they felt repetitive and for someone who hasn't written much creative writing.

However, I really liked the assignments and peer editing. This course challenged me to create characters I wouldn't have otherwise, and made me think more about how the heart of a story is really in the character's hands. I got a lot more out of challenging myself with the assignments and getting surprising feedback than watching the videos.

Liked the course. Assignments were not very clear to me.

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