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Creative Writing: Creating Complex Characters
Angelia Derrick (she/her)
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Learners will go over the character archetypes from the hero's journey and cover how to build complex characters for short stories, novels, and screenplays (creative writers and screenwriters).
Class experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Characters are one of the most important elements of your story. Will the audience cheer for your hero and boo for your villain or will they not care one way or the other? Three dimensional characters is the easiest way to get your audience invested in what happens to the people between the pages or on the screen. In this class, we are going to cover how to build your characters so they live and breath on your pages (book or screenplay). Day 1 - We will go over various character archetypes...
Understand how to create a character info sheet and character archetypes.
Published writer in nonfiction (articles and books) and fiction (short stories, novellas, and novels). Writing young adult fantasy and space opera under the pen name Angelia Almos. Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts: Creative Writing Certificates from Institute of Children's Literature Certificates from Institute for Writers
Homework Offered
Create character info sheets for protagonist and antagonist. A template in .docx, google doc, and pdf will be provided to the student.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
The character info sheet will be provided to the learners on the first day in docx, google docs, and PDF formats.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
If the student is working on a character(s) with a tragic backstory, we might discuss how these violent and sad events will determine how they act in the story. Dark young adult and adult books and/or PG-13 or R rated movies with similar characters might be recommended to the student to help them explore their character's head space.
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(157)
Pronoun: she/her/hers NOTE: If you were looking at one of my flexible schedule classes and they are suddenly gone, yes, I still have them, and I am currently figuring out which classes will be able to go into the new self-paced designation that...
Group Class
$40
for 2 classes2x per week, 1 week
55 min
Completed by 29 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
2-5 learners per class
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