[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Elise Dewsberry’s How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog #30 – “Your Lead Active in Their Own Fate.“
About Your Lead Active in Their Own Fate
The 30th installment of New Musicals Inc Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry’s video blog, “How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Your Lead Active in Their Own Fate,” is Part Five in her short series on character development. In this episode, she urges writers to make sure their lead character is active in their own fate rather than simply being acted upon by circumstance or other characters.
Don’t miss Elise’s series on CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:
Part One – DICTION
Part Two – EXPOSITION
Part Three – FIFTH BUSINESS
Part Four – FUNNY BUT TRUE
To see more from this series, subscribe to the vlog at http://nmi.org/nmi-resources/elises-video-blog/.
About Elise Dewsberry
Elise joined the Academy for New Musical Theatre (the former name of New Musicals Inc.) as Associate Artistic Director in 2003; joined Founding Artistic Director John Sparks as Co-Artistic Director in 2010; and became Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc. in 2013. Elise also serves as a Los Angeles Ovation Award Voter, and is the author and evaluator of the Book Lab and the Outlining Lab, offered online through www.writingmusicaltheatre.com, and is the author of a series of video blogs called How to Get NO Feedback from Elise available at https://nmi.org/elises-video-blog/.
About New Musicals Inc.
New Musicals, Inc is non-profit developmental and educational community for anyone who wants to learn how to develop musical theatre! On this channel, we show off the work of our members and co-creators and provide video instruction on every aspect of the craft of musical theatre writing and development. https://nmi.org/