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It’s not enough to simply insert pieces of a character’s culture into parts of the story—it should be woven into the fabric of who they are. Here, author Namrata Patel shares how to explore the lived lives of dual cultural identities in fiction.
MASSENA — A partnership between Film Massena and the Massena Public Library will provide filmmaking resources for community members.
There's nothing worse for a reader than a stale, predictable character. Here, award-winning author S. K. Ali shares her top 3 tips for ensuring an engaging cast.
How to Inhabit the Character You Write About One key to engaging your reader is to give them a character they love to read about. Author Diana Souhami gives her top tips for making this happen. Author: May 4, 2021 As a writer, I spend most of my life with people who are dead. How sad is that? Deeply perverse. I am in the resurrection business. I relate obsessively to people who aren’t there, more so than to the living. I read their diaries and love letters, pore over photographs, prowl 'round their houses, get all such information as I can from those who knew them for real.
Character Mentor (2012). The very well-regarded character design instruction books on the art of designing memorable cartoon characters for film, television, video games and comic books are now required textbooks at many art schools around the world. As the legendary cartoonist embarks on his new venture, check out my conversation with him below this retrospective of his work. JWK: So, tell me about the road to forming Pencilish. Tom Bancroft: In the nineties I was a part of Disney Feature Animation and worked on a lot of the classic films like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, ...