WEBINAR | How Did We Get Here? Crafting Compelling Character Backstories
Strong characters reveal just enough backstory. How much should you reveal about a character’s history?
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Strong characters reveal just enough backstory. How much should you reveal about a character’s history?
A great memoir isn’t just about remembering your life—it’s about shaping it for the page.
Using speculative elements in your memoir deepens your writing and can crack open blocks in unexpected ways.
Traditional publishing is already competitive. Stop self-sabotaging and get your best work out there.
Fun, flexible, and highly marketable, the personal essay is an ideal way to extend our range and add to our writer’s toolbox.
Stop crossing your fingers and randomly sending out your work. Instead, learn to develop a strategy that’s fun and effective in getting your work published.
You lived it. You wrote about it. Now, you want to adapt it.
“Worldbuilding” calls to mind fictional settings—Hogwarts, Gatsby’s mansion, Alice’s Wonderland—but creating a vivid world on the page is just as essential in creative nonfiction.
Before you can effectively bring characters to life on the page, you must understand who they are and why they do what they do.
Flash nonfiction is a powerful form for personal stories. Learn how to write punchy, poetic flash essays that make a lasting impact on readers.
What to include, what to show, and what to summarize? This class teaches you exactly when to show, when to tell, and how to make every moment count.
Learn how to follow the energy in your memoir to generate powerful, high-stakes material that bypasses your inner critic and gets to emotional truth.