Dramatizing

Bocca says, "The art of dramatizing begins with characterization. Bring all your characters to life." To me characterization begins with the naming of the characters. Just as Michele said on Friday, name are very important. They must be given some thought. Another thing that Bocca talks about is the structure of the sentence and paragraph. I believe that whatever you right, it must be easily understood. The book discuses why use a long word when a shorter word will do. That makes complete. Simple words give way to better flow. Sometimes short words will not do. However, there are times when a short word will accomplish the same thing. Sometimes we may have to use a thesaurus to get better words to use. Bocca, gives credit to George Orwell for these principles. He says, "If it is possible to cut a word, cut it out." Going back to what Michele said about names, Bocca says, "Avoid names ending in s." He believes this is important when you are maing those names to show possesion.