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I wrote about Addie Tsai's UNWIELDY CREATURES and vulnerability--how it can make us invest in characters even more than boring old likability.
What else makes you care about a character, especially if they're difficult for some reason or other? And what traits do you give your prickly characters to make readers want to stick with them?
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loft.orgUnwieldy Creatures and Vulnerability | The Loft Literary Center
I wrote about a story from Farah Ali's The People Want to Live and the way a simple description can come to life through the layering of seeming contradiction.
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loft.orgPeople Want to Live and Description that is Alive | The Loft Literary Center
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One of thing the things we get into in this class (and where it started in my brain) is the concept of empathizing with evil. I like to think about whether we should do that! Why it makes for a fun story, but also what the implications might be.
My working theory is that it's not so much about relating or forgiving, but that we're trying to learn how to keep ourselves from becoming evil.
What do you think?
We're talking about sensibility in my class today--the particular way a character observes the world & how that creates a sense of personality. How looking out is a reflection of the inner workings of a brain.
And I'm thinking about how it's often so iterative for me. I notice my character's sensibility and then I develop it and then I notice new things and develop them.
Do you think about sensibility? Do you build it or notice it?
Three of my favorite classes will be online & asynchronous--meaning you can take them from anywhere, without time zone weirdness.
Starts Jan. 25
Eight Weeks, Eight Drafts (about revision)
https://bit.ly/8Weeks8Drafts
Starts Mar. 15
Evil and Empathy
(about characterization)
https://bit.ly/EvilEmp
Starts Mar. 15
Finding the Right Voice
(about POV) https://bit.ly/VoiceLoft
loft.orgFiction: Eight Weeks, Eight Drafts | The Loft Literary Center