ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING:
CREATION & DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTERS

There is at least one character in every poem, novel, short-story, fairy-tale, myth, advertisement, news reportage, comic or joke. Upcoming situations usually depend on the characters, once they get a chance to unfold and evolve in certain circumstances. Characters drive a narrative forward. It is usual to indentify with the likeable characters, to go through experiences together, we worry for them, we love them and wish them the best. How to create and develop a character, which would appear closer to a reader than a best friend, relative or a lover?

Photography: David Iskander

Gabrielė Labanauskaitė seeks to help the group members to enhance existing creative writing and narrative construction skills, focusing on the development of characters: principles of creation, evolution of the individual story and inclusion into the final narrative.

Duration: 21 academic hour

OBJECTIVES:

- to introduce the group to the techical means of character development;
- to analyze the journey of the main characters in the plot;
- to continue previous creative practices, stimulate the imagination and fantasy through the certain exercises, focused on the development of characters and the story;
- to become aware of the existing character archetypes;/span>
- to discuss about favourite and unpopular characters;
- to take a playful approach to the theory;
- to establish a relationship with other group members and expand an individual friend circle;
- to look into the provided information and share creative work accomplished during the courses.

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED:

- why do readers still crave for the heroes?
- what is the most important thing when developing a recognizable and interesting character?
- what does character dossier consist of?
- why the endless fight between the antagonist and protagonist is still relevant?
- what are the differences between foreground, anthax and peripheral characters?
- why do some characters arise compassion and empathy within, while the others do not look interesting at all?

Organizers of creative writing courses maintain a right to change the curriculum.

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THE BASICS OF CREATIVE WRITING

Everyone has a right to write despite the sex, age or occupation. So, creative writing courses are designed for anybody, who seek to develop, renew or improve writing skills. It is pretty hard to describe a term of creative writing, because the picture does not fir the frame. Creative writing has many techniques, styles that can be combained and harnessed to help the writer express himself. The primal purpose of these courses is a creativity-oriented development of daily writing habit. No matter where the muses hide, where the inspiration lays.

yannick-pulver Photography: Yannick Pulver
Gabrielė Labanauskaitė seeks to introduce the group to the basics of creative writing, focusing on the creativity and search for the personal style.

Duration: 21 academic hour

OBJECTIVES:

1. - to explore the basics of creative writing;
  - to develop a habit of everyday writing exercises to cultivate the fantasy and imagination;
  - to discover a variety of genres, styles and try writing skills in each of them to find out the best fit;
  - to get to know more about the means of expression making a story-telling interesting and captivating;
  - to establish a relationship with other creative people and widen the circle of like-minded ones;
  - to discuss the information received and share pieces of creative work within the group.

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED:

1. - is it possible to learn to write?
  - how to know if I have what it takes to become a person, who writes?
  - how to make peace with the inner critics and harness their energy for work?
  - how to cultivate imagination?
  - what are the elements of a good story?
  - how to employ the theory into everyday life practice?

PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE:

1. - introduction, determination of upcoming challenges and possibilities, discussion, creative writing tasks and exercises;
  - methods of cultivating imagination, recognition of the inner critic, creative writing tasks and exercises;
  - development of style, discussion about prefered genres, styles, creative writing tasks and exercises;
  - introduction of the main story-telling elements, development of the story;
  - tips and discussion about the skills and habits helping to establish a tradition of casual writing, creative writing tasks and exercises;
  - course summary, discussion.

Organizers of creative writing courses maintain a right to change the curriculum.

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Creation & Development of Characters

ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING:
CREATION & DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTERS

OBJECTIVES:

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED: