- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Premium Members $30 & Basic Members $40
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- Category
- Characters
- GMC
- $5 off Early Registration Coupon-expires 1 week before class starts
- MASTERINGANDREWS2022
- Class Length
- 4 Weeks
One reason we come to fiction is to experience the changes characters go through. And, while the external journey from maid to princess or farmer to Jedi knight may create engaging challenges, we identify with characters because they learn how to trust others or master their tempers or become their true selves. They go on journeys where they learn who they are and how they fit in. They overcome their flaws, form connections, grow up and heal. The internal change is shaped and forced by their external tasks, giving them arcs that delight readers. This class will help participants to honestly assess the flaws in characters they love. They'll look to how hard choices avoided make things worse and how choices faced with courage bring growth, understanding... and credible happy endings.
Lesson 1 - What’s wrong with my hero?
Lesson 2 - Go big or go home
Lesson 3 - The role of external challenges, escalation
Lesson 4 - Caring about the internal struggle Worrying about characters
Lesson 5 - Meeting the unexpected (and stumbling) No smooth roads
Lesson 6 - The consequences of failure
Lesson 7 - Help along the way, reflections
Lesson 8 - Reasons to change/not to change.
Lesson 9 - Pushed to the limits
Lesson 10 - The right ending for an arc
Lesson 1 - What’s wrong with my hero?
Lesson 2 - Go big or go home
Lesson 3 - The role of external challenges, escalation
Lesson 4 - Caring about the internal struggle Worrying about characters
Lesson 5 - Meeting the unexpected (and stumbling) No smooth roads
Lesson 6 - The consequences of failure
Lesson 7 - Help along the way, reflections
Lesson 8 - Reasons to change/not to change.
Lesson 9 - Pushed to the limits
Lesson 10 - The right ending for an arc
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
