Characters

Most characters start out flat and lifeless, like the pages they inhabit. How do you breathe pure life into a figment of your imagination so that it grows and evolves to become a real person? When does a fictional character stop being made of words and paper, and starts to become a thought, an idea, a personality? All great authors, in their own diverse styles, are apt at playing God to their universes and the people that inhabit them.

Creating characters that move off the page and into people’s minds requires asking key questions of inventions — placing them in situations that they are uncomfortable with and seeing how their personalities evolve in times of happiness and trouble. In other words, the character begins in your mind but comes to life in your readers’ imaginations.

This writing class analyses the development of real, complete characters in both fiction and non-fiction, who are capable of blurring the lines between this universe and the ones growing within each of our minds. We will explore these universes and discover the relationships we need to create so that we truly get to know the people whom we’ve given life to.

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