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    Creative Writing Workshop: Creative Writing Toolbox, #1
    Creative Writing Workshop: Creative Writing Toolbox, #1
    Creative Writing Workshop: Creative Writing Toolbox, #1
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    Creative Writing Workshop: Creative Writing Toolbox, #1

    By Baltazar Boeuf

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    Creative Writing Workshop

     

    Do you want to be a fiction writer and need guidance and advice to follow? Have you taken classes and read many manuals and still feel lost?


    With little theory and step-by-step exercises, this brief manual will guide you in the construction of your narrative process.


    By the end of the workshop, and by completing the proposed exercises, you will have the basis of your novel or short story: characters, narrative universes, plots and structure.


    Aimed at beginners, young and adult literature lovers, it includes additional exercises to awaken the imagination to create new stories.


    Try it out!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBabel Project
    Release dateMar 5, 2023
    ISBN9798215675113
    Creative Writing Workshop: Creative Writing Toolbox, #1

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      Creative Writing Workshop - Baltazar Boeuf

      FOREWORD

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      This is a practical book, with little theory and many exercises. Step by step you can shape and structure your narrative universe in order to tell credible and endearing stories.

      Art is half technique and half mystery. The mystery of literature is about desires, impulses, needs, destiny and other inscrutable reasons. Inspiration can be encouraged but not taught, it is like faith, it exists or not. Technique, on the other hand, can be learned, taught, enriched and exercised.

      Writing a story is a matter of practice, of reading a lot, and of knowing the tools and methods available. It does not matter if you are a beginner or if you have already written some books, this short manual will strengthen your weak points or help you discover new paths.

      CHARACTERS AND PERSONALITY

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      They can convey antipathy, sympathy, fear, contempt, affection ... Every character must provoke some reaction in the reader. A character must be made of flesh, blood and spirit. Therefore, each appearance of them must show who they are, what are their doubts, fears, desires, as well as what they are capable of doing in certain circumstances.

      During the plot development, characters will change. Through their learnings, journeys, victories, and defeats, they will be different from how the reader first met them. That is why it is very important to be very clear about who characters really are from the beginning. What do they think, what do they feel, what do they want?

      To get to know your characters, I recommend you fill out a form with essential data, both physical and personality. Much of this information will not be known to the reader, but it will help you to give consistency to your characters. A thoroughly file will help you create more complete and vivid profiles. Try this model, from which you can add or delete data.

      Character sheet

      Name

      Nickname (if any)

      Place of birth

      Place or places of residence

      Known activities

      Unknown activities

      Three ideas they have about life (what they want most, what they can't, what they hate, what they think life should be)

      Names and characteristics of three acquaintances or friends (if any)

      How does the character usually dress?

      How does he/she/it talk?

      What and where do they eat?

      A memory of their childhood

      Any peculiar

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