5. Increments of bastardy
Get really good at being really bad AND FINALLY! One of the great things about knowing your character right down to their internal organs and back out various orifices is […]
4. History and also herstory
Create a strong backstory to make the…. er… ‘front story’ seem more real We’re not letting you slack off just because we’re coming to the end of the course. Oh […]
3. What you do is more important than what you are
Aka why no one cares what your character looks like In this modern day of writerly writering, describing your character in long lists of attributes has largely fallen out of […]
2. The many arcs of Charlie Baxter
How to add depth and intrigue to your characters In the first lesson we looked at the (relatively) simple Big Picture wants and whys of your character – what do […]
1. What do they want and why can’t they have it?
How do you begin turning an idea of a person into an actual person? You know the old saying. Character is plot; plot is character; plotty plot plot character […]
