WEBINAR | Main Character Energy: Writing Resonant Characters
April 22 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
For Nonfiction & Fiction (prose)
Before you can effectively bring characters to life on the page, you must understand who they are and why they do what they do.
Your characters are the lifeblood of your stories, but writers sometimes overlook techniques that can make a character feel real on the page. Whether you’re inventing, researching, or remembering the characters you’re crafting, this webinar will introduce you to methods for uncovering the motivations, quirks, and inner lives of the people populating your pages.
In this prompt-driven webinar, you will explore proven techniques for writing memorable, believable, and indelible characters for both fiction and nonfiction prose. We will explore why your characters do what they do: their goals, secrets, and what screenwriters call the “ghost.” You’ll be able to apply these traits to your memoir or novel by showing unique behaviors, speech patterns, and physical traits that make us love (or not!) the people on your pages.
This generative (be ready to write!) webinar is a great fit for beginning and intermediate writers seeking practical, effective techniques for adding depth to their character portrayals (including real-life characters).
Can’t make it live? No worries—a replay will be available to all registrants.
In this webinar, you will:
- IDENTIFY your protagonist’s secret goals (and your antagonist’s too!)
- DISCOVER the quirks and behaviors that make your characters unique
- LEARN techniques for writing distinctive and realistic dialogue
- DEVELOP a connection to your characters
Closed captioning is available. ✔
All registrants receive the recording. ✔
ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER
Jessica Handler is the author of the forthcoming novel The World to See. Her novel The Magnetic Girl was awarded the 2020 Southern Book Prize. She’s the author of Invisible Sisters, one of the “25 Books All Georgians Should Read,” and the craft guide Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss. Her nonfiction has appeared on NPR, in Tin House, Drunken Boat, The Bitter Southerner, Brevity, Salvation South, Five Points, Image, Creative Nonfiction, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Oldster, and elsewhere. www.jessicahandler.com
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