Of Idiosyncracies, Formidable Personalities and Specifics
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Describing an experience or person as bad or terrible will not suffice in fiction writing.
Writing that the foster parents in a novel are mean or horrible does not flesh out the unique idiosyncrasies of their formidable personalities.
Let us turn to the context of the orphan in a less than ideal foster home.
Tags: action, Antoine Fisher, author, central character, character, context, court, default, defendant, dialogue, Finding Fish, foster care, foster children, foster mother, goal, Harry Potter, judge, memoir, orphan, personality, physical, plaintiff, plot, plot aware, problem, prose, protagonist, psychic, roots, situation, specificity, specifics, story, writing
The Screenwriter and the Fiction Writer
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, Musings
Screenwriters hold a wealth of knowledge that benefits the fiction writer. Screenwriter and playwright, Kendall Williams who runs Morningside Writers’ Group sees himself as a dramatist-teacher.
Along with facilitating fiction writers and memoirists to learn the basics of story telling–character, plot, point of view, dialogue, setting, and theme, Kendall also teaches workshop participants how to stage [...]
Tags: art, character, conflict, craft, creative writing, dialogue, dramatic tension, dramatist, fiction, memoir, playwriting, plot, point of view, screenwriting, setting, story telling, theme
Radio Show | Screenwriter and Creative Writing Teacher, Kendall Williams
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Screenwriter, Kendall Williams, describes the art of staging your writing to create savory, sensual and lively scenes as he discusses the challenges and triumphs of moderating Morningside Writers’ Workshops.
Tune in.
Kendall Williams is a Freelance Writer/Editor, and former Adult Basic
Education and GED Instructor. His feature articles, film, and dance reviews
appear online and in print magazines. He’s [...]
Tags: craft, creative writing, creative writing teacher, fiction, Kendall Williams, memoir, Morningside Writers, scenes, screen writer, screenplay, screenwriter, screenwriting, setting, speculative fiction, staging
Radio Show | Screenwriter and Creative Writing Teacher, Kendall Williams
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Event, Interview, Radio Show
Screenwriter, Kendall Williams, describes the art of staging your writing to create savory, sensual and lively scenes as he discusses the challenges and triumphs of moderating Morningside Writers’ Workshops.
Tune in.
Kendall Williams is a Freelance Writer/Editor, and former Adult Basic
Education and GED Instructor. His feature articles, film, and dance reviews
appear online and in print magazines. He’s [...]
Tags: craft, creative writing, creative writing teacher, fiction, Kendall Williams, memoir, Morningside Writers, scenes, screen writer, screenplay, screenwriter, screenwriting, setting, speculative fiction, staging
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