The other day in the mail, I received a brochure for a retreat and writers conference. I am sooooooo jazzed about this. I was able to talk my husband into letting me go, and I checked with the airlines to make sure that I have enough miles, so I don't have to pay for airfare in addition to hotels and the retreat/conference...
Now onto the next part.
For entrance, it says that I need to have a character sketch for the protagonist and the antagonist. I have never pulled my characters out of a hat like this, and said this is the protagonist and that is the antagonist before writing a story. But of course, the retreat is for the writing and rewriting of the story... soooooooo
Does anyone have any suggestions on what kinds of things they are looking for with these character sketches? -- and how true do I need to stay to them, once the story is written?
Posted by Marianne (Member # 1546) on :
I recently applied and was accepted to the Maui Writer's retreat. I had to come up with a story idea and an expanded idea. I sent an e-mail and asked them to give me some guide lines and they were very helpful. They realize that what you come up with now may change by the time you get to the retreat...I think they are looking to see if you can formulate your thoughts onto paper...just sit and write a few bios and see what sort of people you come up with and try and match some of them up.