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Great characters are one of the most important elements of fiction — figures who are believable, authentic, interesting and worthy of sympathy. In the first half of this course we’ll work on building character profiles, then look at how effective characters can be impacted by staging, drama and dialogue. In the second part we’ll focus on character history and subtext, their inner lives, and learn how to bring their repressed passions, needs and fears to the surface. Finally, we'll talk about character reversals and how they evolve differently in literary fiction and popular fiction genres.
All fiction writers, along with those who produce creative nonfiction.
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