Crafting Dynamic Characters (Writing Mastery) – Jessica Brody & Mary Kole & Writing Mastery

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What you’ll learn

• What makes readers fall in love with characters
• How to breathe life into flat characters
• 7 tools for effectively revealing your characters to the reader
• The 4 Foundations that make up all Dynamic Characters
• The importance of accessing a character’s “interiority” and how to use it to elevate your fiction writing
• How to brainstorm and develop Dynamic Characters from the ground up
• How to develop your character’s “voice”
• How to build and nurture the essential “reader/character” connection

Requirements

A notebook and pen/pencil or a computer/tablet for exercises

Description

Student Reviews For “Crafting Dynamic Characters”:

“One of the most helpful and eye-opening writing courses I’ve ever taken.” – Daryl

“I am amazed at how much my writing has improved since beginning this course. This course has sparked many ideas for new characters. I can’t wait to tell their story.” – Tunisia W.

“Whether a professional or a beginner, you have something to benefit from this course.” – John Paul N.

If there’s one secret to crafting dynamic characters that readers will remember it’s this:

Connection.

The job of a fiction writer is not just to create interesting, compelling, and unique characters, but to weave those characters into the prose in a way that engages readers and connects them to the story.

Because you can have the most interesting, compelling, unique characters in the world but if you can’t effectively reveal those characters to your readers in a way that inspires them to keep reading, what’s the point?

Welcome to Writing Mastery: Crafting Dynamic Characters

In this course, taught by character guru, literary agent and freelance editor, Mary Kole, (and developed with bestselling author and #1 bestselling Udemy instructor, Jessica Brody) you’ll learn how to not only create fully fleshed-out, dynamic characters, but also how to reveal them–and all of their wonderful nuances–in a way that grabs the reader’s attention, inspires their imagination, and captures their heart.

Mary Kole has been working with writers as a publishing assistant, literary agent, editor and writing teacher for more than a decade. She’s helped thousands of authors take flat, underdeveloped characters and turn them into dynamic ones that leap off the page.

Who this course is for:

• Anyone interested in writing a novel, short story, or memoir
• Writers interested in learning more about character development
• Writers looking for inspiration for new characters
• Writers looking to breathe life into flat characters
• Writers looking for guidance on developing a character’s “voice”

Course Content

Introduction

• Welcome and What to Expect
• Why is Character So Important
• How this Course Works

Why Readers Fall in Love with Characters

• The Most Important Question Readers Ask
• Character Quick Start – The Game of “And? So”
• Instructor Jam – The Game of And So

Writing Dynamic Characters – 7 Tools to Instantly Engage Your Reader

• A New Spin on Show vs. Tell
• Point of View
• Tool #1 – Revealing Charater Through Though
• Exercise – Penny for Your Thoughts
• Instructor Jam – Penny for Your Thoughts
• Tool #2 – Reavling Character through Reaction
• Exercise – Reaction Shot!
• Instructor Jam – Reaction Shot
• Tool #3 – Revealing Character through Dialogue
• Exercise – What’s Really Being Said
• Instructor Jam – What’s Really Being Said
• Tool #4 – Revealing Charater through Voice
• Exercise – Voice Extremes
• Tool #5 – Revealing Character through Emotion
• Exercise – Emotional Taboo
• Instructor Jam – Emotional Taboo
• Tool #6 – Revealing Character through Inner Struggle\
• Exercise – Easily Triggered
• Instructor Jam – Easily Triggered
• Tool #7 – Revealing Character through Other Characters
• Exercise – What Can You Do For Me?
• Instructor Jam – What Can You Do For Me?

Developing Your Own Dynamic Characters

• The Four Foundations of a Dynamic Character
• Exercise – Meet Your Protagonist
• Instructor Jam – Meet Your Protagonist
• Foundation #1 – Wounds
• Exercise – Wounds
• Instructor Jam – Wounds
• Foundation #2 – Needs
• Exercise – Needs
• Instructor Jam – Needs
• Foundation #3 – Objectives
• Exercise – Objectives
• Instructor Jam – Objectives
• Foundation #4 – Motivations
• Exercise – Motivations
• Instructor Jam – Motivations
• Secondary Characters and Antagonists
• Growth and Change

Wrapping Up

• Next Steps
• A Work in Progress
• BONUS LECTURE

Instructors

Jessica Brody
International Bestselling Author and Top-Rated Instructor

Jessica Brody is the author of the #1 bestselling plotting guide, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, as well as 20+ novels for teens, tweens, and adults including Sky Without Stars, The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, A Week of Mondays, Better You Than Me and the Unremembered trilogy. Her books are published by major publishers like Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Macmillan. She’s also frequently hired by Disney Press to write books based on popular Disney franchises like Descendants and LEGO Disney Princess. Her books have been translated and published in over 23 countries and several have been optioned for film and television. She is also the founder of the Writing Mastery Academy, an online school for writers.

Mary Kole
Freelance Editor

Former literary agent Mary Kole founded Mary Kole Editorial in 2013 and provides consulting and developmental editing services to writers of all categories and genres, working on children’s book projects from picture book to young adult, and all kinds of trade market literature, including fantasy, sci-fi, romance and memoir. She founded Good Story Company in 2019 with the aim of providing valuable content—like the Good Story Podcast and Crit Collective writing forum—to writers of all categories and ability levels.

She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and has worked at Chronicle Books, the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, and Movable Type Management. She has been blogging at Kidlit since 2009. Her book, Writing Irresistible Kidlit, a writing reference guide for middle grade and young adult writers, is available from Writer’s Digest Books.

Writing Mastery
Bestselling Course Creator for Fiction Writers

Achieve your writing goals and take you writing to the next level!

Founded by Jessica Brody, author of the #1 bestselling plotting guide Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and over 20 novels, Writing Mastery develops courses to help you become the writer you want to be.

From learning the foundations of fiction to crafting dynamic characters to writing bestselling novels and publishing them, each of our courses are designed to level up your writing, with inspiring instructors, clear explanations, high-quality production, concrete examples, downloadable resources, and fun writing exercises to help you apply everything you’ve learned.

So whether you’re a new writer or already a bestseller, you’ve come to the right place for honing and elevating your craft.

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