Memories provide more than just information - they change our characters. We are the product of our memories. And in well-written, character-driven fiction, those memories will change the ways our characters behave. And this, in turn, makes them critical in the development of your plot.
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Showing posts with label memory. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Memory and Investigation
Part of today's focus is on using memory as part of the process of discovery. In fiction, our characters will often need to learn and present "new" information to the reader, but there are many different ways one can bring these memories to light.
Day 2 - Plunging Into the Past
Today's focus is on using past events to change the way our characters behave.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Day 1 - Science Fiction and You
Our First Day is focused on introductions, distributing the syllabus, a general course overview, and writing exercises to put us in the right frame of mind for Writing The Human. I cannot, however, promise the absence of bloodthirsty velociraptors from the classroom setting.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Memory and Information Control
Memory: the facts of the past colored by present perspective. In fiction, the memories of our characters not only reveal their backgrounds, but also the ways their personalities have evolved over time. Yet we must take care in the timing of memories in the narrative. By controlling when individual memories appear in the narrative, we directly affect how our readers perceive the course of a story.
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