Make your Characters Leap off the Page and Into Reader's Hearts Two
In a three week workshop I will work with students to create believable characters and show them how to develop characters that readers will love and keep on reading until the very end.
Christina Weigand
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(30)
What's included
3 live meetings
2 hrs 15 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
Have you ever read a book and fell in love with a character? Have you ever read a book and hated the characters? Were they underdeveloped or not developed? Were you able to connect with the character? Did the character contribute nothing to the story? Did you ever say I could have written that character better? I would have changed this or that and the story would have been so much better. Would you like to learn the steps to creating a lovable protagonist or an antagonist that people love to hate? Join me in a three week workshop where I will work with you to create believable characters. Let me show you how to develop characters that readers will love and keep on reading until the very end.
Learning Goals
In Week One we will fill out a basic character questionnaire on a favorite character together.
In Week Two we will go over the characters and as a group critique your character and make suggestions to improve what you have created.
After that I will show you how to dig deeper. We will discuss the characters inside story by looking at a favorite character.
1 .What are the characters expectations?
All stories make a point. As a writer you need to know what the point is. What is the source of the protagonist’s internal conflict?
2. Whose story is it?
3. Why does your protagonist care?
What will the events in your story mean to your character?
4. What is your protagonists worldview?
What events from their past will the character turn to as she decodes the present?
5. What’s next?
How has the protagonist’s worldview been skewed and how does the character move forward.
6. When does the story start?
What event will give your character no alternative but to move forward?
In Week Three we will review the homework. I will give advice on how to get the characters to the beginning of the story, carry the story to the end and the point of the story. I will answer any questions the students may have about going forward.
Students will be able to put a character into their story and let the reader see what motivates the character to do the things they do.
Other Details
Supply List
Will provide with a link to character questionnaires.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined March, 2019
4.8
30reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Through teaching my previous classes on character and writing I have discovered that the students need to explore adding description to their own stories. I think by breaking the writing process down into its specific ingredients I can give the students a strong base to write their own stories.Reviews
Live Group Class
$11
weekly1x per week, 3 weeks
45 min
Completed by 26 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-16
1-6 learners per class
