Reflective Findings from the Class?

The class exercises that we have participated in so far have encouraged us to quickly create a piece of material around an idea, character, time and place given to us, and be able to install a plot and character arch’s that fit suitably with the story. I love the idea of instantly creating a story with ideas off the top of your head allowing us to swiftly form a narrative that could be suitable for the screen. During our first tutorial, we were given a list of questions that we swiftly had to write about in a short period of time. Questions such as ‘what did you dream about?’ and ‘what do you fear the most?’ were brought up and this process of dissecting the little details and the minor aspects is not only helpful for us, but it allows us to describe what we see and turn it into literature – thus putting reality onto paper. In addition, the exercise where we had to pick a random character out of a hat and a back story to come with it, was a productive challenge that allowed me to develop a tale with its twists and turns and ultimately a humorous yet suitable ending to the narrative. In my piece, Boris an up and coming sculpture artist was finally in the middle of his big break where things turn horribly wrong. In less than twenty minutes, I was able to establish dialogue that suited Boris’ seductive yet deceitful personality and a revenge plot that saw his wife serve justice on him and his mistress. In effect, this task allowed me form a plot with, a challenge to the protagonist and final outcome for the story.

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