How Does Your Character Hide Trauma? byAngelique L’AmouronJune 10, 2020 New character building questions for You. When I was in acting class with Larry Moss we would start each class with an exercise. We would get quiet and listen to our breath and then do a body scan beginning at …...
THEM: …Northwestern has a student theater group called Vertigo Productions that according tothis article“is dedicated to providing solely original work, with the goal of supporting student writers. Every year they host a 10 Minute Play Festival in which students write and produce their own short ...
And before we talk you through how to write your college essay, we want to acknowledge something fairly strange about this process: namely, that this is a kind of writing that you’ve maybe never been asked to do before. In that sense, college essays are a bizarre bait-and-switch—in h...
A domestic thriller is one that focuses on the relationships of those closest to the protagonist. The main character is often a woman who is dealing with some sort of deceit from a husband, wife, parent, sibling, or friend (or multiple people).The primary tension comes from the protagonist ...
First, a quick refresher. “Antagonist” is a morally neutral term. It does not imply a character is a villain. Rather, it indicates which character iscreating obstacles to the protagonist’s goal. In a romance, the climactic goal isto make the relationship work.Therefore, the primary conflic...
How to develop fantasy characters How to world build Let’s dive in. Why Write Fantasy? This is actually a question I’ve asked myself a number of times. Because, for a lot of people, fantasy can feel intimidating. It’s hard enough writing about the real world, much less create an ...
In this article, learn ten secrets about how to write a story, and more importantly, how to write a story that's good.
How to Write Believable Dialogue Master the art of dialogue in 10 five-minute lessons. 😱 Inevitably, when you write about other people there’s always a risk of portraying them in a way they don’t appreciate. As general advice, tell them you’re writing this story, or prepare to los...
“Hero” —Annalise is the type of morally grey main character that many viewers love to watch, but sometimes struggle to like. While she does a lot of things viewers fundamentally oppose, she has also lived through a number of traumas that inform her crooked actions (hello, Unscrupulous Ant...
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