The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
Showing Your Character
A course by Reneé Bibby , Writer
About the video: Showing Your Character
Overview
“It’s important to reveal the interiority of character to a reader, but why is that? Let’s talk about how important it can be to share the desires and vulnerability of a character. Then we'll examine the different ways you can reveal those vulnerabilities to a reader.”
In this video lesson Reneé Bibby addresses the topic: Showing Your Character, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques. Explore fundamental writing structures to create a compelling narrative roadmap through storytelling devices and character development.
Partial transcription of the video
“Showing Your Character You know the importance of voice. In this lesson, we'll talk about how you can reveal character. Say you're at the grocery store and talk to the person behind you. You exchange a few pleasantries, the price of milk, maybe what game is happening wherever you are. Do you ever go home and tell your family, "I made a new friend"? No. The conversation with that person may have been pleasant but you didn't discuss anything vital about each other. You don't learn much about them, except for maybe who they root for. You also haven't told much about yourself. We make that mist...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Creative Writing: Learn Storytelling Techniques
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Reneé Bibby
A course by Reneé Bibby
Reneé Bibby is an American speculative fiction writer and director of the Writers Studio Tucson, where she teaches beginner and advanced creative writing workshops. Her writing is often grounded in the uniqueness of the climate and culture of the Western United States. She explores concepts like grief, loneliness, heartache but also human connection, nature and comedy.
Reneé’s work has appeared in PRISM International, Luna Station Quarterly, Third Point Press, The Worcester Review, and Wildness. Her stories have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and Best Small Fictions. Reneé is also involved in the writing community as the coordinator of Rejection Competition and Tucson-based weekly writing meetup Write Wednesday.
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