Character Creation for Novels
Character introduction
A course by Cristina López Barrio , Author
About the video: Character introduction
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain the differences between direct and indirect characterization when introducing the character in the text. ”
In this video lesson Cristina López Barrio addresses the topic: Character introduction, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Novels. Take inspiration from a memory, someone you know, or even a stranger to develop the protagonist for a great story.
Partial transcription of the video
“character introduction We have seen in other lessons how little by little we are characterizing our character. It is very important to have a well-defined characterization because we are now going to see that character within a text. In the text is where the character comes to life and in its relationship with other elements, such as other characters, such as place, time, objects. In relation to other characters, It is very important for that reason that the character does not get confused. There are times that if the character is not well defined and his voice is confused with that of othe...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Novels
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Writing
Cristina López Barrio
A course by Cristina López Barrio
Cristina López Barrio studied law at the Complutense University of Madrid and worked as a lawyer and intellectual property expert for 13 years. In 2009, after winning the Villa Pozuelo de Alarcón Young Adult Novel Award for her book El hombre que se mareaba con la rotación de la Tierra (Everest 2009) and publishing her novel La casa de los amores imposibles (Plaza&Janés, 2010), she decided to fully devote herself to writing.
Since then, La casa de los amores imposibles has been translated into 15 languages and published in 22 countries including the United States, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Sweden, Israel, and Mexico. Cristina has also published a collection of stories titled El reloj del mundo (Flash from Penguin Random House, 2012) and several other novels including El cielo en un infierno cabe (Plaza&Janés 2013), Tierra de brumas (Plaza&Janés 2015), and Rómpete, corazón (Planeta 2019). In October 2017, she was chosen as a finalist for the Premio Planeta award for her novel Niebla en Tánger.
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