1.1 What is fiction?
Download this video clip.Video player: ou_futurelearn_fiction_vid_1008.mp4
Transcript
Narrator
What is fiction?
Fiction is all about characters. Writing – trying to find and create characters – can be full of surprises; a person’s imagination is a powerful force.
Start writing fiction will help you to make the best use of what you already have … and what you know.
You’ll be able to draw on your own experiences, and what you’ve read – your observations and imagination, your language and ideas.
You’ll come to discover – as you start to create stories – the best rules and lessons for you, the best ways for you to create characters – the best way for you to write.
Interactive feature not available in single page view (see it in standard view).
Fiction is all about characters. Make the best of everything you already have and know – your unique ‘material’ and ‘equipment’ for creating characters:
- your experiences (including your reading experiences)
- your memories and personal history
- your feelings and desires
- your language, imagination, observations and ideas.