Narrative Basics Project: Worrying about a friend

That’s it for this lesson. Hope you enjoyed exploring the different layers of thought, action and emotion in this small snippet.

Stop and look at how the writer connects a character's inner and outer worlds, blending actions, thoughts, feelings and dialogue. It’s often subtle but powerful

Where did the snippet come from?

The snippet in this lesson comes from the novel Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk. It’s a great, intense story about Annabelle, a girl in an old rural town, who has to deal with a cruel bully who picks on her friend Tom, a homeless war veteran.

Where did the inspiration images come from?

This image is from Atey Ghailan, an amazing artist at Riot Games. This is part of a series featuring his penguin & corgi characters called Toki and Ulf.

This image is from Jakob Eirich, a freelance artist in Germany, who does great stuff with tiny characters and looming giants.

For the first example, we used this image from Guodong Zhao, who is an incredibly talented artist in Beijing. (Check out his great series on lazy animals.)

For the second example, we used this image from India Lee-Crews, an American illustrator who does beautiful fantasy work

That’s it for now. See you next time!