Synopsis
Chuck teaches two principal methods for building a narrative voice your readers will believe in. Discover the Heart Method and the Head Method and how to employ each to greatest effect.
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This is awesome. I'm so late to this...
are we to post the homework assignments anywhere on the site or is this for personal writing and reflection?
Is anyone interested in posting their head/heart homework in the writers workshop? I just finished mine. Sure I may be late but, fuck it, it's done.
Well, this is the first of the 36. I am already blown away from what I have learned here...
Definitely gonna try out this exercise.
There's no MFA programs in the Arctic, so these essays (and the website) are much appreciated. Thanks.
could someone please look into my account so i can see the essays.. Im a premium user from the Cult.. cheers.
Over using the Head method feels very pretentions and self induldgent as a writer and for the character, unless that attribute fits the character's personality, as in American Psycho with the long expository descriptions of the News (I think that was the band). The Heart can become drippy and messy with emotions, like wading through a swamp with beer goggles on, you can't seem to get anywhere of importance. You said it perfectly with the example of Survivor. Implementing both rounds and defines the characters and enriches the story overall. King definitly hits the heart with a sniper's aim, which has helped him many times but has also become a crutch, where his characters (I'm thinking of the trap of cliche, as in Under the Dome with Big Jim Rennie, the preacher/politician with a darkside) scream inauthenticity.