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This course and online workshop has over 100
lessons and provides everything you need to know to build compelling,
structurally sound characters. Each lesson is available through your
web browser, right on the internet. Take as long as you like to
study it, then move on to the next lesson at your own pace - no deadlines,
no pressure, just the most useful information on character creation you've
ever encountered!
Lessons include essays,
examples, streaming audio & video, writing exercises, tips, tricks,
techniques, and tools for creating great characters. Each lesson
offers a wealth of understanding and helps you develop the skills to apply
it.
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Free! Still not sure? Sign up for the workshop and take
the first 5 lessons. If you aren't completely satisfied, we'll
refund your money - no questions asked!
Workshop Lessons Include:
Characters, Players, and
People - What are characters? How do they differ from real
people? What is the difference between a character and a player?
How are both used? Who should be in your story? How can they
grow out of the story, naturally? Exercises teach you how to easily
develop intriguing characters for any story!
Character Attributes -
What makes a character seem real? How to develop character
backgrounds, physical traits, psychological quirks. Exercises teach
you how to flesh out your characters to give them depth and breadth
Stereotypes - What they
are - how and when to use them - how and when to avoid them! Common
stereotypes are described and cataloged. Exercises teach you a
simple, powerful technique to shake up your stale characters and inject
them with new life.
Archetypes - What they
are, what they represent, how, when, and why to use them. Exercises
teach you how to develop archetypes and tailor them to a specific story.
Character Relationships -
Exploring the structural, situational, and emotional relationships of your
characters. Exercises teach you how to build multi-level
relationships that weave a tapestry of connections.
The 28 "Magic"
Character Scenes - Character Introductions, Interactions, and
Dismissals. Relationship Introductions, Interactions, and
Resolutions. Exercises teach you how to build 28 "Magic"
character scenes that ensure all the key dramatic elements and dynamics of
your characters are explored in your story.
Points of View -
Writing from a character's point of view. The four Structural Points
of View. Characters' personal goals. Exercises teach you how
to stand in your characters' shoes to involve them in the plot and make
them accessible to your audience.
The Main Character and the
Influence Character - How these two characters provide the moral or
message argument for your story. The nature of Justification - how
it happens to your characters, and how it is dismantled. Exercises
teach you how to give your Main Character believable motivations and an
appropriate final disposition.
Character Growth -
Explores your Main Character's growth to a moment of truth, the growth of
your Influence Character's impact, and the growth of individual
characters. Also covers the Leap of Faith, and "non
leap-of-faith" stories. Exercises teach you how to ensure your
characters evolve and avoid becoming stagnant.
Character Storytelling
- Explores methods of revealing your characters through dialog and
actions. Tips, tricks, and techniques for making your characters
interesting and keeping them fresh. Exercises teach you how to bring
your characters to express themselves.
Dialog and Conversations - Tracking
Dialog, monologues, arguments, making dialog real, accents, grammar,
vocabulary, and more!
These are just samples of
some of the contents of the overall course, but you get the idea. If
you've ever wanted to create memorable, compelling characters, this is the
workshop you've been waiting for.
So don't delay. Sign
up now and take the first 5 lessons, Risk Free!
