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Creative Characterization

Amp Up Your Characters

In this two-night workshop (October 1 & 8), you'll learn techniques to create well-rounded, relatable characters with whom readers can empathize. These techniques can also help you discover your characters' secrets, find new plot lines, and overcome writer's block.

Jan Morrill, author of Creative Characterization, will cover

* interviewing your character,

* describing paintings and photos from the character’s point of view,

* writing letters: from you to your character, from your character to you, and between two characters, and

* writing scenes from different points of view.

Jan Morrill was born and (mostly) raised in California. Her mother, a Buddhist Japanese American, was an internee during World War II. Her father, a Southern Baptist redhead of Irish descent, retired from the Air Force. Her novel, The Red Kimono (University of Arkansas Press, 2013) and many of her short stories reflect memories of growing up in a multicultural, multi-religious, multi-political environment.