Tag: creating characters

• An Approach to Drama Writing Part III: Use your image to create your characters …

  Part III in my short series about writing drama – but much is applicable to any type of writing. Part I: Be Fearless! HERE! Part II: Writing Starts in the Mind HERE! Part III: Use Your image or scene to create your characters or vice versa In part two I talked about using a phrase or an…

  sassevn

  March 17, 2015

  Writing Process

  approaches to drama writing, brainstorming writing, creating characters, drama writing, writing

• Trust Your Past and Use It

  Here’s one thing I have learned about writing: Trust your past, and use it. Why do young writers tend to write fantasy or science fiction? Because they lack experience. Well, I don’t. (lack experience, that is.) So … Trust your past, and use it. Upbringing, experiences, relationships, stupid mistakes, brilliant moves, books you’ve read, people…

  sassevn

  September 2, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  creating characters, using experience in writing, writing process

• Drama & Writing

  (This post starts an occasional series on the connections I see between writing and teaching or performing drama. As always, your thoughts are appreciated.) Before I get into how working with drama has helped my writing, I’d like to recount how I ended up getting involved in drama.  I was a writer that hadn’t written…

  sassevn

  February 24, 2013

  Uncategorized, Writing Process

  creating characters, drama writing, objectives, play-writing