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Maggie Hamand

Creative Writing Exercises For Dummies

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  • Maria7780har citeretfor 7 år siden
    four great ways to help provide real depth to your characters: creating family backgrounds, childhood memories, education and work histories, and timelines of the major events in their lives.
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    Remember that every family has black sheep, and so consider picking one of the characters and writing what that person did wrong.
  • Maria7780har citeretfor 7 år siden
    to trigger them, such as a smell (like freshly mown grass), a sound (like a piece of music), an action that seems familiar (like the way someone runs her hand through her hair), a taste (like the petite madeleine dipped in lime-flower tea in Proust’s famous Remembrance of Things Past, published in volumes between 1913 and 1927), or a visual prompt (like a photograph). Objects are incredibly useful for triggering flashbacks. A childhood toy, a piece of family jewellery
  • Maria7780har citeretfor 7 år siden
    Make a list of six key childhood memories for your character.
    Now come up with a series of prompts to trigger the memories.
    Make one a sight, one a smell, one a sound, one a taste,
  • Maria7780har citeretfor 7 år siden
    Showing these events through a flashback is far more effective than simply telling readers what happened.
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    Add all the jobs she’s ever done, including holiday and temporary employment, and state the skills gained from these jobs.
    Write a profile selling the character’s personal qualities.
    Provide details of any hobbies or interests.
  • Maria7780har citeretfor 7 år siden
    Usually, a short story focuses on a critical moment of a character’s life, while a longer piece builds up to this moment.
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