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Laws of Writing Character

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it's not supposed to look good, duh.  A brief 'lecture' (fuck off) on writing character for a course I'm on. Character exists at the heart of our association with each other. We know who is supposed to be a character, for what they have done, the abstraction and reduction into ‘h, he’s a character, in’t he?’ It is through others, we become ourselves, says Lev Vygotsky: and the social psychologist argues too, we become ourselves through play. Character and play are commonalities, rich in bed with each other, as we adopt roles and archetypes to, firstly have fun, and then, to become. Writing character, making character, becoming character can be the same. The precedent for creative writing guidance on YouTube is readily available,. The lesson I want to impart here is that character comes from energy, a fixed location, and must be progressing onwards and towards another horizon.  The traits and characteristics are already there for you watch and read about. This lecture is...

writing advice and love

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  This one is just for me. Nobody else needs to make use of this but me. This is my place of mistakes, my place of regret, my place of machinery. This is my place to be real, to no longer be fictionalised into regression but be authentic, sincere and true. You are grounded. You are real. This is going to nail down a few writing ideas that are crucial to me presently. These were found, gifted or interpreted from all over the place, but resonate here in a place only mine. I hope this helps to clear my head of noise and space, so that I can focus on the words, the work, and the inescapable setting of hailey brain broke. Your origins are your own They do not belong to anybody else — this is originality. This comes from Dorothea Brande,  ‘If you can discover what you are like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique’.  You are going to grow beyond this suppos...