Character Development

November 22, 2009

• Memoir Writing: Telling the Emotional Truth

  Question: Is it fair to guess at other character’s emotional truth? How can you really know what they were feeling if, lets say they are dead and you can’t ask them now? (…)

November 19, 2009

• Writing Memoir: The Power of Observation

  In class I begin with a discussion of character development and how observation in everyday life can increase your writing ability.
  Enjoy the Class Replay!
  Questions Asked During Class

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November 8, 2009

• Dialogue: Creating Tension between Characters

  Question: How do you create tension and excitement in the dialogue when the scene you are writing isn’t exactly high tension?
  Answer: What is dialogue? (…)

November 4, 2009

• Memoir: Dialogue to Reveal Character

  The reason dialogue is so important in memoir is because you are writing in the first person. (…)