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character classes.)
This series of three classes focuses on many chapters in Nancy
Kress' book Dynamic Characters. Each chapter is summarized in the class lessons
and are followed by class assignments which are posted on the class message
board.
I interspersed some of my own character development tools and
exercises to help the people in the class learn more about their characters and
to weave the plot and story into a more powerful combination.
WARNING - Most of the exercises in this
class require you to dig deeper into your story, your characters and the
background of your characters. This is not a class that will only scratch the
surface about the details that make up your characters. We will dig into what
the past you created for your character. We will evaluate the place where they
came from and how that affected your character. If you do not want to dig deep
and work on free thinking exercises, this is NOT the class for you. Most of the
lessons will not be segments that you have already written for the book.
Basics to Create Dynamic Characters
 | Average Time Commitment per Week: 2-3 hours
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| Time to Complete Course: 4 Weeks
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| Course Description: How can you ensure your reader will care about
your characters? Are your characters three dimensional or are they flat and
lifeless? Will your main character be the next Huck Finn or Sherlock Holmes,
or will they be easily forgotten and discarded? Do you want your main
characters to be memorable?
This course will show you step by step how to create memorable characters
which will captivate your reader. They will be memorable because they are so
great…or so bad.
Riveting main characters need to be multi-faceted. They need a history, a
present, a future and the depth you expect in your family and friends. Your
initial understanding of the characters will change and grow. This will happen
as your characters grow and develop through the exercises.
Come along as our characters become more real to ourselves and our readers.
Make your character someone an editor will want to get to know and to share
with others.
This is the first in a series of courses to help each of us develop more
dynamic characters. Take one or take all three, the choice is yours.
Suggested Resource:
Dynamic Characters by Nancy Kress
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Complex and Believable Characters
| Average Time Commitment per Week: 3-4 hours
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| Time to Complete Course: 4 Weeks
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| Course Description: How can you ensure your reader will care about
your characters? Are your characters three dimensional or are they flat and
lifeless? Will your main character be the next Huck Finn or Sherlock Holmes,
or will they be easily forgotten and discarded? Do you want your main
characters to be memorable?
To be a riveting main character, they need to be multi-faceted. You want to
get into the thoughts of your characters and share those thoughts with the
reader in an organized way.
We will fully investigate your characters and find out more about them. What
do they look like? What have they done with their life? How do they think and
feel? Get into your character and see how they tick.
Do you make assumptions about how your characters are perceived? How can you
help alleviate this problem and make sure each reader sees them the same? The
bad guy or the villain, how do you make them believable and/or sympathetic.
Learn how to have the desired impact with your villains.
Come along as we make our characters more real to ourselves and our readers.
Make your character someone an editor will want to get to know and would like
to share with others.
This is the second in a series of courses to help each of us develop more
dynamic characters. Take one or take all three, the choice is yours.
Suggested Resource:
Dynamic Characters by Nancy Kress
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Intertwining Plot and Character
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