What fun we had at 'Building Dramatic Characters' - a guest session conducted by Neha Singh for my creative writing programme!To quote Neha, anything can be a character. Maybe even a chair talking to the moon! The strength of a character simply depends on how much you have invested in the character to make it full-fledged and believable.Step by step, she led us through the process of creating dramatic characters of our own, and before we were even halfway through, here are the characters we met:Bland - a lonely blade of grass Orange - a carrot with no friendsSlippmery Slippers - an unwanted pair of slippers Mr Squeak - a mouse who loves to build thingsMadame Gabriella the Fifth - the poltergeist who simply cannot do something mischievousGray - a sidewalk that's about to be dug upAlexandra or Alex - half a personality in search of a human homeSix-Face - a Rubik's cube whose … [Read more...]