Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques

How Characters Are Different from People

Educational Nov 14, 2014 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E3: Characters are illusions, and the illusion often hinges on how much access a writer gives us to a character's thoughts. Begin this unit on character with an examination of how writers choose which moments in a character's life to dramatize, and then consider how knowledge of a character's thoughts affects the story.

Educational Nov 14, 2014 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2014
Run Time: 29 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.