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Writing Complicated Relationships with Maame Blue
Welcome
Introduction
Meet Your Teacher: Maame Blue (1:31)
Part One: Crafting Complex Characters
Part One Overview
Me, Myself and I (1:57)
Read and Review: Bad Love by Maame Blue
Writing Exercise: Freewriting
The Importance of Perspective (1:11)
Read and Review: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Writing Exercise: Changing perspective
Context is Everything (1:48)
Read and Review: Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Writing Exercise: Becoming the other woman
So What REALLY Makes Complex Characters? (1:08)
Writing Exercise: Tell them how you feel about it
Part Two: The Relationship Narrative
Part Two Overview
A Different Point of View (0:55)
Writing Exercise: Freewriting what you don’t know
The Second Person (0:43)
Read and Review: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Writing Exercise: As Noir or As Inventory
The Third Person (0:37)
Read and Review: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Writing Exercise: Becoming the third wheel
History Making Present Drama (0:56)
The First Person (1:15)
Read and Review: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Read and Review: That Reminds Me by Derek Owusu
Writing Exercise: Your younger self
So, what makes a complicated narrative? (0:59)
Writing Exercise: On growing up
Part Three: Dialogue and Dishonesty
Part Three Overview
Dealing in Dishonesty (1:07)
Writing Exercise: Say what you mean
Tell the truth. And then, don’t. (1:41)
Read and Review: ‘Outtakes’ by Irenosen Okojie
Writing Exercise: Becoming the lie
Get thee behind me, dishonesty! (1:26)
Read and Review: 'Floodwaters' by Madeleine Watts
Writing Exercise: Setting the mood
Feeling the Tension (1:12)
Read and Review: Love Orange by Natasha Randall
Writing Exercise: A simple misunderstanding
How dialogue and dishonesty help our complicated relationship stories (1:26)
Part Three Recap
Writing Exercise: Tell it to me straight
Outro (1:12)
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Writing Exercise: Freewriting what you don’t know
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