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Creating a Portal

Visual Journaling for Writers, Lesson 5

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Julia Garza
Apr 01, 2025
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Sometimes getting to know our characters (even when they’re us!) is tricky. You might be working with a character whose history or motives you don’t yet fully understand, or, like me, need to embody a past version of yourself. Who, exactly, is telling this story?

For this exercise, we will play with creating a portal for your character-- a physical space…

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