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About the Course

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. We will learn how to use our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!). We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance, habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe life into our characters and let them surprise us....

Top reviews

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May 20, 2017

The course is excellent and I want to learn more. I enjoyed the first assignment and was disappointed when I couldn't submit the first assignment because I hadn't purchased the course.

JS

Jul 19, 2017

Excellent course. I didn't know what to expect when I started. I was very pleasantly surprised at both how challenging - and rewarding - I found it. Amy Bloom was brilliant. Thank you!

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By Loren D

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Sep 18, 2020

Real good and insightful course!

By Pedro C V

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Mar 27, 2018

Great and useful writing program

By Victoria C

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Jan 11, 2021

Nice and very explained course!

By Alicia E R D

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Feb 27, 2021

Very helpful in a lot of ways!

By Sahil Y

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Jun 20, 2020

very good and beautiful course

By selamawit s

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Nov 10, 2019

Absolutely worth it! Thank you

By Sharra F

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Jan 28, 2021

loved it ,very informative

By Amrata k

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Aug 29, 2025

Amazing course...Love it.

By G. A W

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Nov 20, 2020

Really loved this course!

By Eric W

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Feb 1, 2017

Very useful, I love it.

By Cara C

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Jan 5, 2019

Wonderful, inspiring.

By LE M D

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Oct 14, 2020

Good. Thank Teacher.

By Angie H

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Apr 21, 2020

It's really helpful.

By Ignatius R R

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Apr 14, 2024

Excellent course.

By James ( G

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Sep 14, 2021

Excellent course!

By Khalda A

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Sep 10, 2025

very informative

By SAIBAL C

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Jan 14, 2021

Great experience

By Cieara W E

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Jun 8, 2020

Very informative

By Alina

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Jun 4, 2020

Excellent course

By Esther M

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Nov 3, 2016

Good job Brando.

By Florencia P

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Oct 16, 2017

Extrordinary!!!

By DUNGTTHS160486

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Jun 13, 2022

it's very good

By LEEEEEO

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Jan 29, 2018

要是有中文翻译就更棒了。。。

By xiaoqiang

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Aug 13, 2016

learned a lot!

By Ismael P M

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Apr 13, 2016

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