He Said, She Said: Defining Your Characters with Dialogue – Cynthia Owens
If you’re like most writers, you’ve probably taken a number of classes and read even more about writing snappy dialogue. That’s not this class. This class will focus on using dialogue to define your fictionals.
Hero’s Journey for Lovers – Tere Michaels
In this workshop, we’ll talk about the structure of the romantic journey (based on the Hero’s Journey framework) and how it is the bones of a solid relationship story.
Take Your Characters From Flat to Fabulous: Creating Characters Your Readers Will Love – Cynthia Owens
We will cover:
The basics—vital statistics, names, age, voice, and the character interview.
The Place They Call Home—the space and how to define what it means to the character,
This is the Moment – Backstory—Using the 5 Ws—Who, What, Where, When and Why—of an incident or incidents that most significantly affected the character.
Who’s Talking Now? Dialogue—how dialogue and dialect can define a character.
Body Language—how your character’s body can show what he’s feeling, and what he might want to hide.
But Why Do They Do It?—how idiosyncrasies and odd habits shape your characters.
Clothes Make the Man—or Woman!—How a person’s dress reveals who they are.
Action and Reaction—How a character’s actions and others’ reactions to them reveal character.
What Matters Most?—How the things your characters care about the most can shape them.
The Supporting Cast – Secondary Characters
Make Villains Memorable – Mary Marvella
Learn how to make your villain the best he/she can be!
Character Building Part of 3 – Using Emotional Conflicts as Plot 2-Weeks, Oct 2th – Sept 13th
Core Wounds sit in the heart of every person – both real or fiction.
Character Building Part of 2 – Core Wounds 2-Week, Sept 4th – Sept 15th
Core Wounds sit in the heart of every person – both real or fiction.
Character Building Part of 2 – Core Wounds 2-Week, Sept 4th – Sept 15th
Core Wounds sit in the heart of every person – both real or fiction.