character sketch
Example Sentences
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I wrote that one, and within a year, every character sketch all started with jingles and montage.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2023
But this film is more of a finely detailed character sketch, about a cocky kid who becomes a hero almost by accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
Too bad the comedic, almost clowning elements in the script work against the ethical questions the film otherwise takes seriously, making the whole thing feel more like a character sketch than a fleshed-out drama.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
And they nod to the source material by having Wu’s character sketch Lyle in Waber’s illustration style.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
The most common example is the composition portraying character without any plot or complication of incident, which is not a character story, but a character sketch.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst
