Join Jessica Brody for an in-depth discussion in this video Subtext (advanced), part of The Foundations of Fiction.
(uplifting music)…- Oh, look, just one cookie left.…- How did we eat them all?…- I think because they were just…so ridiculously delicious.…But you should take the last one.…- Are you sure?…- Yeah.…I insist.…- Oh, well, thanks.…(groans)…- Oh, did you really want it?…- No.…Well, kind of.…I mean it looked so good.…- Why didn't you say?…- I didn't want to sound greedy.…
- Well here, let's share it.…- Okay.…- Okay.…- Thank you.…- Did you notice in that whole cookie exchange…how Jess said one thing but really meant another?…- I said I didn't want the cookie,…but I actually did.…- Right.…And it's not just Jess who sometimes says…what she doesn't mean.…We humans do it all the time.…- And in fiction, we sometimes want to show…our characters doing the exact same thing.…- Great writers will often show characters…saying one thing but meaning another.…- And they do this because it actually…reveals a lot about a character.…
- If Jess was a character in a book,…we would know from our little cookie exchange…that she loves cookies, but she's also…
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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