The Reverse Backstory Tool Brings Your Characters to Life
This character is walking right off this building into a story. Statue on the front of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany. © Laurel Decher, 2016. Reverse Backstory Tool Angela Ackerman’s and Becca Puglisi’s Reverse Backstory Tool in THE NEGATIVE TRAIT THESAURUS is the perfect way to jumpstart a new story or re-animate a faded […]
Stories we tell ourselves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xY2JSv3t0k Recently, my husband and I watched a movie version of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “WHO AM I THIS TIME?” with Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken. Christopher Walken’s character, Harry, is so shy he only talks to women if he’s “in character” in a play. No one really tries to connect with him until Susan […]
Exploring the Imagination: Fictional Characters From Art Museums
See the trailer for the exhibit here: https://youtu.be/tTFOSzpqaPI/ The stunning poster drew me in for the latest exhibit in Düsseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast. It was called “Zurbarán: Meister der Details” [Master of Details] and features 16th-century full-size portraits by the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664). My first reaction to the poster was: “There she is!” […]