Introduction to Narrative Writing

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

“UNIT 3 - LESSON 3 THE CHARACTERS I've talked about the narrated world and about time, two essential elements in the content of a story. Now we'll talk about the third: the characters. You'll have heard this word on many occasions, I've mentioned it here too. What is a character? They are the inhabitants of a narrated world. They are the beings who live there, and to whom the events taking place in the story happen. Characters can be human or not. We can have, for example, a robot like C3PO, the character from "Star Wars", or we can have a character like Groot, that being that looks like a p...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Narrative Writing

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 28m)
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• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing