Post by Alcyone on Dec 19, 2007 13:47:32 GMT -5
This is a corollary to the first lesson. In the first lesson, the purpose was to vividly describe a tree, an object. This time, we'll be tackling portraits.
A portrait is a full description of a person, both physical and emotional. Portraits are also good practice for characterization, which we'll tackle in a future class.
You have two techniques for writing portraits and they're also the two techniques utilized to characterize. The first is direct characterization by which the writer tells how the character is.
Strong willed and antagonistic, he alienated others with his brusque manner.
The second is indirect, by which the writer shows but does not tell how the character is.
"Get away from me!" he snarled, one hand raised threateningly. The people around him backed away hastily. "I can do this myself!"
You can focus on whichever technique you feel more comfortable with but try to incorporate both in your portrait.
Write something as short or as long as necessary in order to describe one of the Twilight characters, physically and emotionally. Like with the tree, I should visualize him/her easily after reading. Bear word choice closely in mind.
A portrait is a full description of a person, both physical and emotional. Portraits are also good practice for characterization, which we'll tackle in a future class.
You have two techniques for writing portraits and they're also the two techniques utilized to characterize. The first is direct characterization by which the writer tells how the character is.
Strong willed and antagonistic, he alienated others with his brusque manner.
The second is indirect, by which the writer shows but does not tell how the character is.
"Get away from me!" he snarled, one hand raised threateningly. The people around him backed away hastily. "I can do this myself!"
You can focus on whichever technique you feel more comfortable with but try to incorporate both in your portrait.
Write something as short or as long as necessary in order to describe one of the Twilight characters, physically and emotionally. Like with the tree, I should visualize him/her easily after reading. Bear word choice closely in mind.
