Join Jessica Brody for an in-depth discussion in this video Mini lecture: Singing (or crying) in the rain (advanced), part of The Foundations of Fiction.
(gentle music)…- [Dark Haired Woman] Welcome to our mini lecture.…This is where we're going to read you guys our prompts on…singing or crying in the rain.…This is where we got a random…situation/scenario of a person…and we had to describe what they were like in the rain.…- [Joe] Right.…- I think the prompt officially said…that they were supposed to be walking home,…but I kind of forgot that.…(laughing)…I just have-- - What did you do?…- I just have my person leaving their house,…and it's raining. - Oh, okay.…
- But what we try to do in this one…since we notice that Joe always writes in third person,…I always write in first person…cause that's where we're most familiar,…we decided to challenge ourselves and switch.…- Right, so I wrote in first person for this one.…- Yeah and I wrote in third.…So I got randomly someone who just got off the phone…with tech support.…And I felt like this was really easy for me to do…because I get very frustrated with tech support.…- Right, right, right.…- So this character may or may not be me.…
Jessica Brody
Joanne Rendell
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
Duration
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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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