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BibLITotheque 4: Writing Visually by akrasiel, journal
BibLITotheque 4: Writing Visually
It’s been far too long, but welcome to the fourth issue of BibLITothèque: the Writer's Library! :eager: For new watchers, this journal series is my guide to writing prose fiction. This issue has some overlap with BibLITotheque 3: Stage Cues if you want further reading.
People love stories and they love visuals. Almost every form of narrative entertainment throughout history has a visual component: stage plays, film, television, ballet, pantomime, and illustrated stories like comic strips and graphic novels. Even opera, which emphasizes music, is visually theatric and has elaborate costumes. Written literature is actually one of th
Welcome to the third issue of BibLITothèque: the Writer's Library, in which we cover… *drumroll* live theatre and how it can improve your narrative prose!
Have you ever seen a live stage play? Whether you're a devoted fan, a thespian yourself, or you've never had the time or inclination to see a live performance, there's a lot to learn from theatre. When you're writing a story, you're the playwright, the director, the actors, and the crew. That's a big task! Let's take a look at some methods used in theatre to create engaging characters and scenes.
Body Language
Before you start writing, you have to know who your characters are:
:new: Updated 04/03/18
Big update! We've not actually had a full Literature "week" for PE in a long time, but we are starting to plan towards doing so this year, firstly a publishing week and then some future ideas. These articles no matter how old are still very useful, so please bookmark this and come back!
Over the past few years, projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) has worked hard to provide educational articles for various art forms. Within literature, we've seen our fair share and we've used our own group CRLiterature (https://www.deviantart.com/crliterature) to manage these articles to ensure as much of the community can see them. However, sometimes we miss people and that's a shame because th
So I found these blogs for answering questions for various topics to help writers. Together they're called ScriptX but they have different blogs on things like trauma, mental illness, certain jobs, politics, worldbuilding, animals, linguistics, and other things. They could be useful to some people who create characters.
Here is a whole list of them: http://scriptshrink.tumblr.com/post/160528013085/the-scriptx-family-as-of-51017
7 Tips for Creating an Antihero by DesdemonaDeBlake, literature
Literature
7 Tips for Creating an Antihero
7 Tips for Creating an Antihero
Anybody Can Write a Novel 2.0
Chapter 5 “Characters” – Section 2.2 “Antiheroes
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"I'm drawn to the classic antihero, the guy who's probably made a bunch of mistakes and really has the capacity to go either way. That's the most interesting type of character for me to watch, to see what decisions they'll make. There's a lot of gray area there for a writer to explore."
-Kurt Sutter
One of the most trending and most debated archetypes in modern storytelling is the antihero. As with most fictional conventions, people have different opinions
The Lifecycle of a Novel Draft by illuminara, literature
Literature
The Lifecycle of a Novel Draft
This article’s aim is to teach you how to draft a novel. That’s a pretty vague statement and begs a lot of questions. What’s a draft? What work or planning do you have to do before you start drafting? Can you just sit down and start putting pen to paper and expect a draft to miraculously show up? How many drafts do you need to write in order to get a “finished” novel?
First and foremost, a draft is simply a version of a manuscript, and there will be many versions along the way to a finish novel ready for publication (or whatever other plans you have for it). The purpose of a first draft is to bring your story ki
The Importance of Character Diversity by illuminara, literature
Literature
The Importance of Character Diversity
Ultimately, this gets back to the foundations of why we as a human race tell stories. We want to communicate ideas, spread knowledge, share secrets, engage with our contemporaries, entertain, inspire, call to action, and move people. Sure, you can do most of those things without telling a story, but stories are powerful because they connect with people on an emotional level. In order to make this connection, people have to relate to the story and feel like it’s their story, like they are a part of it and it was made for them. They have to see themselves or a version of themselves in the story so that it speaks to them personally as well
How to Pace Character Arc by illuminara, literature
Literature
How to Pace Character Arc
Everyone loves stories about underdogs pulling off a big win and the likes of Han Solo picking up arms to fight for what’s right. But what about when a character just can’t make up his mind to do anything? Or the girl who’s always right no matter what and never has a bad thing happen to her? Those stories just aren’t as interesting and can verge on annoying.
So how do you fix them? You’ve got to plan the pace of your character arc, your character’s journey of transformation, from the very beginning.What Is Character Arc?
Character arc is a change in your character physically, emotionally, or spiritually fro
13 Tips for Teaching Others to Write by DesdemonaDeBlake, literature
Literature
13 Tips for Teaching Others to Write
13 Tips for Teaching Others to Write
Anybody Can Write a Novel 2.0 Chapter 10 “The Writing Life” – Section 6 “Teaching”
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
-Aristotle
Learning a craft, starting from nothing, can be a complex challenge that requires complex solutions. In college, I found that I was unable to recall information well enough to get the grades I wanted. Fortunately, it was around that time that I was invited to a study group with other students who were not getting the best of grades. Upon reading with them, sharing notes, and trying to grasp the concepts we w
Character Diversity Workshop by C-A-Harland, journal
Character Diversity Workshop
This week we are focusing on the topic of diversity and how it applies to your writing. For this article, your panelists from the week 1 Live Characterization Discussion Panel are back to share out views with you.
What are diverse characters, and what does it mean to have diversity in your stories?
DamonWakes (https://www.deviantart.com/damonwakes)
It’s hard to pin down exactly what diverse characters are because nobody, fictional or otherwise, can be diverse on their own. An individual character in a book might be considered to contribute to the diversity of fictional characters in general--by representing a minority that’s underrepresented in fiction as a whole--bu