CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS CHARACTERS

1. CREATIVE WRITING SKILLSCHARACTERS FeonaNickyrenilda Ili Nawwar Muhd. AfifAshraf NurAtikahLatif SitiNurfirdausNasir

2. Characters • Characters are either major or minor and either static (unchanging) or dynamic (changing). • The character who dominates the story is the major character. • Readers can learn about characters in many ways, including: • Physical traits • Dialogue • Actions •   Attire • Opinions • Point of view

3. What is important is that the characters in a story all have the same set of emotions as the reader: • Happiness • Sorrow • Disappointment • Pain • Joy • Love

4. Character# Moral qualities and personal traits of a character in the story.  • # For example: In Phantom of the Opera novel. • La Carlotta • La Carlotta is the opera's female lead, for whom Christine Daaé is an understudy. Carlotta is a technically accomplished singer but does not sing with soul. The phantom threatens her if she goes onstage as Marguerite in Faust, but she refuses to be intimidated; as a result, the sound of a croaking frog comes out when she sings. • Christine Daaé • Christine in Sweden was raised by her father, a traveling..... • Other characters: Raoul, Joseph Buquet, Madame Giry,…….

5. Developing Character @ dynamic character# A character who during the course of a story undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character or outlook.  # Ebenezer Scrooge, from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, is a classic example. Flat Character#A character whose personality is summed up in one or two traits.  # Take, for example, Mr. Collins in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Foil Character# A minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character, and thus by contrast sets off or illuminates the major character; most often the contrast is complimentary to the major character.  # Some examples of foils are Batman and Superman (foils of each other),

6. Round Character> A character whose personality is complex and many sided.  • For examples, Tinkerbell is a round character because she has both good and bad traits; although she mischievious and ill-behaved, she can also be very kind and tries to take care of Peter. She also has a deep love for Peter, which adds depth to her character. • Static Character> A character who is the same sort of person at the end of a story as at the beginning.  • Dickens is the source of an example in Joe Gargery, from Great Expectations. Stock Character> A stereotyped character: one whose nature is familiar to us from prototypes in previous literature.  • A good example of stock characters are Tom Walker and his wife from the story "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving.

7. Minor Characters> Those figures who fill out the story but who do not figure prominently in it.  > The Old Village Chief characteristics in the short story entitled How Dalat Got Its Name by Heidi Munan because the character are not well-developed and remains the same throughout the story.

8. Hero/Heroine~The leading male/female character, usually larger than life, sometimes almost godlike.  ~ Galau characteristics in the short story entitled How Dalat Got Its Name by Heidi Munan. Galau inherit the heroic criteria such as wise, brave, calm, responsible and tolerant. Anti-hero ~A central character in a work of literature who lacks traditional heroic qualities such as courage, physical prowess, and fortitude.  ~ Umat characteristics in the short story entitled How Dalat Got Its Name by Heidi Munan. Umat inherit the non-heroic criteria such as dishonest, insincere, hot-tempered, irresponsible, and selfish.

9. Narrator~In drama: a character, found in some plays, who, speaking directly to the audiences, introduces the action and provides a string of commentary between the dramatic scenes. ~The narrator may or may not be a major character in the action itself.  ~ In the short story entitled The Lotus Eater by Somerset Maugham, the author used narrator as part of the character in the story. The narrator involve actively in the story and speaking directly to the readers.