Writing the Other: A Practical Approach

ISBN-10: 193350000X
ISBN-13: 9781933500003
Category: Social Science
Pages: 112
Language: English
Published: 2005
Authors: Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward

Description

Many writers avoid creating characters of different ethnic backgrounds than their own out of fear that they might get it wrong. To address this fear, Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward collaborated to develop a workshop that addresses these problems with the aim of both increasing writers skill and sensitivity in portraying difference in their fiction as well as allaying their anxieties about getting it wrong. Writing the Other: A Practical Approach is the manual that grew out of their workshop. It discusses basic aspects of characterization and offers elementary techniques, practical exercises, and examples for helping writers create richer and more accurate characters with differences.

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