(bubbly piano music)…- There's no place like home, right Jo?…- Definitely not.…You can go on the most amazing trips.…- Like to the Caribbean, and drink cocktails on the beach.…- Or to Paris and eat croissants…as you walk along the banks of the Seine.…- Yeah, but then you come home and it's really great, right?…- Your own bed, your own kitchen, your own things.…- Tea, just the way you like it.…- Our homes feel good because they are familiar, known.…In short, they are us.…
- And this is true for characters in fiction too.…Their homes or familiar places, reflect who they are.…- Where a character lives, or belongs,…can tell us a lot about them.…- And so creating believable…and well drawn familiar settings…for the characters in your fiction writing…is a really important skill to learn and develop.…- [Jo] Familiar settings don't just have to be…the character's home, of course.…Familiar settings could include their workplace,…their friend's house, their parents' house,…their backyard, their own city or town.…- [Jessica] Basically any place your character knows well…
Released
1/25/2019- Creating memorable characters
- Writing dialogue
- Selecting a point of view
- Using an unreliable narrator
- Narrative style
- Building a setting
- Mood, atmosphere, and emotion
- Crafting a plot, from the setup to the resolution
Skill Level Intermediate
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1. What to Expect from This Course
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Welcome and what to expect3m 36s
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How this course works5m 44s
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2. Foundation Block 1: Character
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Appearance (foundation)10m 54s
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Thought (foundation)12m 23s
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Action (foundation)7m 43s
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Goals (foundation)8m 17s
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Uniqueness (advanced)8m 23s
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Flaws (advanced)6m 15s
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Change (advanced)6m 58s
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3. Foundation Block 2: Dialogue
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Dialogue tags (foundation)7m 43s
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Subtext (advanced)8m 7s
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Dialect (advanced)8m 50s
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4. Foundation Block 3: Point of View
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Third person (foundation)10m 14s
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First person (foundation)8m 29s
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Second person (advanced)5m 45s
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5. Foundation Block 4: Narrative Style
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Tense (foundation)8m 15s
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Show and tell (foundation)11m 6s
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Flashbacks (advanced)10m 8s
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Different formats (advanced)10m 5s
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6. Foundation Block 5: Setting
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Time period (advanced)6m 42s
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7. Foundation Block 6: Plot
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Act 1: Set up (foundation)5m 34s
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Final Farewell
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Wrapping up2m 58s
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