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Re-enchanting... the human story - Marilynne Robinson
I cannot overstate how low my expectations were going into this film. I love the first Bridget Jones, a classic of the (specifically British) romcom genre. The two sequels were tedious retreads, and the idea of number four in the series elicited the opposite of delight. I went to see Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy out of parochial duty – many of the film’s beautiful exterior shots were filmed in my parish, at the church school and the surrounding streets. I wanted to ‘represent the parish’ and show some local pride. I wasn’t alone; I saw many faces I recognised from the school gates, and I ended up sitting next to a parishioner. Thank goodness cinemas are dark!
You’ll understand by the end of the review.
The film opens on Bridget, rather disorganised and dishevelled in just the manner we’ve grown to love, getting ready for a night out while also preparing dinner for her children. She and Mark Darcy now have two children, and the house looks like a cyclone has passed through. She calls Daniel Cleaver, who engages in some raunchy chat, and then insists he’s on his way. Oh no! Have she and Darcy divorced? Has that bounder and cad Cleaver wormed his way back in?
Cleaver arrives at he
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Week 6: Developing and portraying characters
Week 6: Developing and portraying characters
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You have now gathered a raft of methods for finding and creating characters, and seen how conflict can help these characters become great story material. And, just as there are different ways of finding and creating characters, you’re now going to look at ways of developing those characters.
How do you get to know them better – and then reveal the subtle nuances of that knowledge to your reader?
This week you’ll be reading more from Novakovich on character development, and how to portray characters and reveal their secrets to your reader.
6.1 Ways of developing characters
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Transcript
NARRATOR
TIM PEARS
MONIQUE ROFFEY
ALEX GARLAND
LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES
ALEX GARLAND
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