Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
Definition of the Story
A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez , Playwright and Storyteller
About the video: Definition of the Story
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to answer some questions that arise from the character system proposed and we will make a timeline so that it is easier to locate the moments in which our dialogues will take place. ”
In this video lesson Jimena Eme Vázquez addresses the topic: Definition of the Story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters . Learn to write dialogues that express the intention, emotions, and personality of your characters .
Partial transcription of the video
“Definition of history At this time We have already established the character system from which we are going to start. I still can't write because I lack information about those relationships of the characters. Until now we know how old they are, we know that Gabriela and Brenda are sisters, that Irene and Salvador are daughter and father, that Salvador and Gabriela were going to get married and that Irene and Gabriela know each other, but we still don't know what the relationship is between them. I will do a questionnaire to fill those information gaps that I have and to define more aspects...”
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Course summary for: Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Video & TV, Narrative, Script, Writing
Jimena Eme Vázquez
A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez
Jimena Eme Vázquez has been writing stories since she was a child. As she wanted to be an actor, she studied Dramatic Literature and Theater at the UNAM (Mexico City). Through combining these two disciplines she quickly discovered her true calling, and in 2014 she debuted her first piece as a professional playwright.
Today, she writes novels, stories for young people, and above all, plays. Her name has appeared on posters for pieces like Piel de mariposa (Butterfly Skin), Un beso en la frente (A kiss on the forehead) and No todas viven en Salem (They don't all live in Salem). She won first prize for the Vicente Leñero Young Dramatist award as well as the Cuenta Conmigo contest.
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