About This Course
Great characters are one of the most important elements of fiction — figures who are believable, authentic, interesting and worthy of sympathy. In the first half of this course we’ll work on building character profiles, then look at how effective characters can be impacted by staging, drama and dialogue. In the second part we’ll focus on character history and subtext, their inner lives, and learn how to bring their repressed passions, needs and fears to the surface. Finally, we'll talk about character reversals and how they evolve differently in literary fiction and popular fiction genres.
Designed For
All fiction writers, along with those who produce creative nonfiction.
What You’ll Learn
Keys to writing scintillating dialogue
The role of contradictory desires within characters
Methods for creating crisis moments that present characters with compelling dilemmas and push them toward authentic reversals
This program is intended for professional development and is not designed to meet educational requirements for professional licensure or certification.
