[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Elise Dewsberry’s How to Get NO Feedback from Elise: Vlog #31 – Assignment: Character Diction.
This is the 31st installment of New Musicals Inc Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry’s video blog, How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. Vlog #31 is part of a short series giving writers practical assignments for developing their current musical, starting with Assignment #1: Character Diction.
In this episode, she explains that character diction refers to how a character speaks, including their word choice, tone, and level of agency, which reveals their personality and how actively they drive the story.
Don’t miss Elise’s series on CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT:
Part One – DICTION
Part Two – EXPOSITION
Part Three – FIFTH BUSINESS
Part Four – FUNNY BUT TRUE
Part Five – YOUR LEAD ACTIVE IN THEIR OWN FATE
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/