Being a brilliant wordsmith isn’t enough to create authentic characters who shine on the page. You need characters who are interesting and flawed, who hooks readers and make them want to stick around long enough to unravel their mysteries. If you love your imaginary friends, but aren’t sure how best to convey them, then this interactive workshop is just the inspiration you need to make them come alive on the page.
Make sure you’ve covered all of your bases in the development stages, so you can be sure you have everything you need to communicate the depth of your hero and heroine’s personality, beliefs and desires clearly throughout your story.
Sandy Vaile’s comprehensive Character Development Template includes all of the physical, psychological and story-specific details your character needs and is flexible enough to work for any genre or author preference.
Participants will learn:
- What makes readers relate to and cheer on fictional characters
- To delve beyond the usual height and hair colour, and really figure out what drives their characters
- To exploit flaws and fears to put characters through the wringer
- To develop separate physical, psychological and story-specific profiles
- Techniques to reveal personality as part of the story, instead of information dumping
- How to utilise character goals and motivations to intensify conflict.
This popular workshop combines colourful handouts, tailored feedback, videos and live chats to engage participants.
There will be plenty of opportunities to apply the teachings to your own work and get feedback from an industry expert.
Presenter Bio
Sandy Vaile is a motorbike-riding daredevil who isn’t content with a story unless there’s a courageous heroine and a dead body. She writes romantic-suspense for Simon & Schuster US and empowers modern writers to produce commercial quality fiction.
Sandy is an experienced course presenter with a decade of experience in the industry. She prides herself on providing a nurturing learning environment that enables participants to truly absorb the material and apply it to their own work.In her spare time, Sandy composes procedures for high-risk industrial processes, judges competitions, runs The Fearless Novelist Facebook group, and offers mentoring and critiquing services. www.sandyvaile.com