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About the Course

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. We will learn how to use our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!). We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance, habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe life into our characters and let them surprise us....

Top reviews

SS

Aug 10, 2016

I loved this course! Extremely useful and hands on. The course instructor was really impressive, both informative and empathetic, both arty and to the point. Totally admired her style of instruction.

NM

Sep 25, 2020

The course was very well-structured and challenging. The instructor is very experienced and good, thus used relevant materials for this course, be it the guests, or the assignments, or the examples.

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Sep 22, 2024

Interesting

By Huynh L M T ( H

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Oct 22, 2020

Good course

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Jul 27, 2020

thx for all

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Oct 5, 2022

very good

By Molly G

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Jul 9, 2018

Brilliant!

By Patricia R

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May 16, 2017

excellent!

By Lily

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Jan 25, 2017

very great

By Daniel C

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Dec 15, 2016

Excellent.

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Jun 28, 2016

Thank you.

By ERIKA R G P

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Apr 20, 2025

muy bueno

By David M

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Apr 16, 2025

Excelente

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Nov 4, 2024

thank you

By ISHIKA P

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Oct 20, 2024

very easy

By Deleted A

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Jul 18, 2022

Very Good

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Feb 18, 2022

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By Carlos L H

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Jul 20, 2018

A vibrant

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May 6, 2025

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By Mahdi G

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Oct 9, 2022

Perfect

By Narmeen H

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Jan 25, 2022

AWOESOME

By Elisa G A F

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Oct 21, 2020

Awesome!

By Viktoryia

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Mar 29, 2017

Amazing!

By Hawraa A

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Nov 28, 2021

amazing

By Diego R

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Sep 17, 2020

Great!

By Xuan T

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Sep 19, 2024

good

By Coursera F

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Apr 12, 2024

ok