Characterization Workshop: Intro
February 15th 2010 14:08
This workshop is designed to help you get to know the important characters in your novel. You should already have a sense of who they are and what they do/what drives them after writing your first draft. Through questions and prompts, you will get to know three characters of your choosing.
If you want commentary on your responses to these exercises, either comment on the posts with your responses or email them to me at diannalgunn@gmail.com. I will respond to these emails as soon as I can, probably within three days.
This workshop will allow you to know your characters as you would hope to know a close friend or a lover. With this knowledge of your characters you will be able to write them as more real people, with interesting pasts and real lives. You might even find yourself inspired to write another story about them, one you wouldn't have otherwise.
I suggest you do these exercises for your main character, your antagonist, and the main love interest. Each exercise is meant to be done once for each character. Of course, you can do the work at any pace you like.
If you want commentary on your responses to these exercises, either comment on the posts with your responses or email them to me at diannalgunn@gmail.com. I will respond to these emails as soon as I can, probably within three days.
This workshop will allow you to know your characters as you would hope to know a close friend or a lover. With this knowledge of your characters you will be able to write them as more real people, with interesting pasts and real lives. You might even find yourself inspired to write another story about them, one you wouldn't have otherwise.
I suggest you do these exercises for your main character, your antagonist, and the main love interest. Each exercise is meant to be done once for each character. Of course, you can do the work at any pace you like.
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