Appetising Characters You Can Sink Your Teeth Into, is a course for aspiring authors who want to make their characters come alive on the page through three-dimensional development.
Being a brilliant wordsmith isn’t enough; you need a character who is interesting and flawed enough to hook a reader and make them want to stick around long enough to unravel their mysteries. If you love your imaginary friends, but aren’t sure how best to convey them, then this interactive workshop is just the inspiration you need to make them come alive on the page.
Participants will:
This popular workshop combines colourful handouts, tailored feedback, videos and live chats to engage participants. There will be plenty of opportunities to apply the learnings to individual work.
Participants will:
- Learn what makes readers relate to and cheer on characters.
- Delve beyond the usual height and hair colour, to really figure out what drives their character.
- Exploit their character’s flaws and fears to put them through the wringer.
- Develop a psychological profile. (Template provided)
- Learn techniques to reveal character as part of the story, instead of information dumping.
- Explore how important having the right antagonist is.
This popular workshop combines colourful handouts, tailored feedback, videos and live chats to engage participants. There will be plenty of opportunities to apply the learnings to individual work.
What participants are saying about Sandy's workshops
Sandy Vaile's courses have been tried and tested by thousands of aspiring authors, many of whom have gone onto publication and credit Sandy Vaile with making a significant contribution to their proficiency.
I credit this teacher with a quantum shift in my writing. I can literally see the difference!" Nina Campbell
Helpful, practical and inspirational, Sandy's workshop took my writing to the next level.
I loved Sandy's dedication to giving the best feedback possible. It's made a huge difference to me already.
The workshop was well structured, with information provided at an appropriate pace to enable participants to absorb it and apply it to their own work.
I liked the friendly nature of the learning experience.
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