Characters are at the heart of memorable fiction. Readers want to meet people they can go for a drink with or fall in love with or shout at. Characters they feel they know – or wish they knew. This four-week course helps you understand the conventions of writing characters and shows you how to create more engaging characters to keep your readers hooked. It will expand your range of techniques and challenge you to experiment with your writing.
How it works
• Fortnightly guided reading extracts, practical exercises and creative writing prompts
• Video and podcast introductions from the tutor
• Forum discussions about how you write and deadlines to get you writing
• A supportive group of fellow writers to read, discuss and feedback on your work
• Q&A forum to post your critical writing questions for your tutor
• Quiz to assess and broaden your current character-creation skills
• Carefully curated additional reading and resources so you can take your interests further
• Book club and reading diary to encourage you to explore new kinds of characters
• Opportunity to produce a 2,000-word piece of writing: this might be a short story or the opening of a novel