Character Creation for Novels
Dramatic Roles and Archetypes
A course by Cristina López Barrio , Author
About the video: Dramatic Roles and Archetypes
Overview
“Next, I will tell you what dramatic functions are and why it is important to know which one the character plays in a text. In addition, we will see different archetypes with examples of famous people to inspire you in the creation of yours. ”
In this video lesson Cristina López Barrio addresses the topic: Dramatic Roles and Archetypes, 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
“Dramatic Roles and Archetypes In this lesson we are going to talk about the dramatic functions and we are going to see several archetypes that a character can have. Ask ourselves what a character is for in the text It can help us a lot to define the characterization. Every character has to have a reason within the plot. Ask ourselves if that character is necessary for the plot and sometimes, after having created a character, Especially if it's secondary. If we don't find an answer to these questions, have the courage to kill that character or to leave it in the bedroom, perhaps for another ...”
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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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