Character Creation for Novels
Seriality: second lives of the characters or sequels
A course by Cristina López Barrio , Author
About the video: Seriality: second lives of the characters or sequels
Overview
“Finally, I want to tell you what are the characteristics that a serial character must have, as well as the most common themes that series and sequels deal with, such as family or love.”
In this video lesson Cristina López Barrio addresses the topic: Seriality: second lives of the characters or sequels, 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
“Seriality: Second lives of the characters or sequels In this last lesson we will see when, once we have already created our character, we can indulge in making a sequel or seriality. The serial character is created through powerful identity and repetition. We will see the most common themes that a sequel can be about or we can make a series according to two authors, who are Jordi Balló and Xavier Pérez. The first of these is the family. Topics on which this seriality can deal: guilt, love and hate in the family, as in the Laguna women, unknown parentage, the incest taboo. The characters hav...”
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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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