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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

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Nov 24, 2019

The information I need to craft compelling characters. Wouldn't have learned this information just by reading books! Amy is an excellent instructor, and the work is challenging but not unreachable.

SS

Mar 14, 2016

I enjoyed Amy Bloom's guidelines and am keen to create some well rounded characters. Thank you for enabling me to follow along without having to pay ( no evaluation of the assignments).

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Aug 13, 2016

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Sep 2, 2021

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Apr 27, 2020

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Aug 31, 2018

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Jul 25, 2017

Lovely class.

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Aug 28, 2016

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Jun 25, 2016

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Jul 27, 2020

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Jul 9, 2018

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May 16, 2017

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Dec 15, 2016

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Oct 20, 2024

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Jul 20, 2018

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