- Oh, whatcha reading, Jess?…- Oh, my favorite, Game of Thrones.…- Oh, I've never read it.…- It's really great, do you want to hear how it starts?…- Oh yeah, I'd love to.…- [Jessica] ""We should start back," Gared urged…"as the woods began to grow dark around them.…""The wildlings are dead."…""Do the dead frighten you?"…"Ser Waymar Royce asked with just the hint of a smile.…"Gared did not rise to the bait.…"He was an old man, past fifty,…"and he had seen the lordlings come and go.…""Dead is dead," he said.…""We have no business with the dead."…- Okay so I heard some he's, them's,…and the name Gared in those opening sentences.…
- Exactly, A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin…is a classic example of a third person point of view…which, remember, is a story told…from a narrator's point of view as if the narrator…is looking down and watching the character…or characters to see what they're up to.…- Right, and this point of view…is perhaps the most common in fiction.…All the old fairy stories are told that way…and the majority of classic novels are also…
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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