Introduction to Narrative Writing
Characters
A course by Alberto Chimal , Writer and Creative Writing Teacher
About the video: Characters
Overview
“Let's talk about characters now. You have undoubtedly used this word, but in this lesson I will tell you not only what they are, but also the different roles they can have in a narrative and what happens when they encounter problems or obstacles in what we call "conflict" . ”
In this video lesson Alberto Chimal addresses the topic: Characters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Narrative Writing. Learn everything you need to know to start writing memorable stories, step by step.
Partial transcription of the video
“I've already told you about the narrated world and time. two essential elements in the content of a story. Now let's talk about the third one. the characters. You've heard this word many times. I've mentioned it here too. What is a character? The characters are the inhabitants of a narrated world. Are those beings that inhabit it, those to whom the events that occur during the time of a story occur. The characters can be human, but also They may not be. Podemos tener to give one of many examples, a robot like C-3PO, that character from the Star Wars series, or we can have a character like G...”
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing

Alberto Chimal
A course by Alberto Chimal
Alberto Chimal is an established writer—he has been in this beautiful profession for 25 years now—specializing in narrative texts. He writes stories for different kinds of media, but his focus is on novels and short stories. What he loves most about writing is the human contact that can be generated through stories.
He has published more than forty books, including novels and collections of short stories, and is currently writing the screenplay for his second feature film.
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