Introduction
“You’ve got some steel in you Scabbard... so perhaps the name is appropriate.”- A one line description by an onlooker describes the character of my story’s protagonist Anna Scabbard. Throughout my extended project I have explored that ‘steel’, that callous and determined attitude she presents. I have done this by way of exploring academic sources, such as psychopath profiling or medical journal descriptions of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury, as well as looking into the portrayal of bizarre behaviour presented by fictional characters in both literature and film.
With this project I have aimed to improve my skill of creative writing. Both in the sense of descriptive language and dialogue but also by linking highly explored
“You’ve got some steel in you Scabbard... so perhaps the name is appropriate.”- A one line description by an onlooker describes the character of my story’s protagonist Anna Scabbard. Throughout my extended project I have explored that ‘steel’, that callous and determined attitude she presents. I have done this by way of exploring academic sources, such as psychopath profiling or medical journal descriptions of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury, as well as looking into the portrayal of bizarre behaviour presented by fictional characters in both literature and film.
With this project I have aimed to improve my skill of creative writing. Both in the sense of descriptive language and dialogue but also by linking highly explored