In this two-night workshop (October 1 & \; 8)\, you'll learn techniques to create well-rounded\, relatable charact ers with whom readers can empathize. These techniques can also help you di scover your characters' secrets\, find new plot lines\, and overcome write r's block.
\nJan Morrill\, author of Creative Characterization\, will co ver
\n* interviewing your character\,
\n* describing paintings and photos from the character&rsquo\;s point of view\,
\n* writing letters: from you to your character\, from your character to you\, and bet ween two characters\, and
\n* writing scenes from different points o f view.
\nJan Morrill was born and (mostly) raised in Calif ornia. Her mother\, a Buddhist Japanese American\, was an internee during World War II. Her father\, a Southern Baptist redhead of Irish descent\, r etired from the Air Force. Her novel\, The Red Kim ono (University of Arkansas Press\, 2013) and many of her short s tories reflect memories of growing up in a multicultural\, multi-religious \, multi-political environment.
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