Workshop Title: Developing a Colourful Cast of Characters
Facilitator: Andrew Levett
Date: Saturday October 8. 2022.
Time: 1-4pm
This workshop has ended.
Do you find it challenging to create memorable, life-like characters? Characters are the lifeblood of great stories and are ultimately what readers come to stories for.
This 3-hour workshop with award-winning author A. R. Levett guides you through how to create believable characters readers will fall in love with by:
- Understanding the concept of a story web
- Identifying the function of each character in the story
- Giving each character internal flaws
- Locating each character’s goal
- Establishing a set of values for each character
- Assigning each character power, status, and abilities
- Determining their thematic stance
Workshop Outcome: Develop a character web in which each of the characters is an individual and has their own depth.
Suitable for: Beginner, intermediate, and advanced storytellers who have characters they want to flesh out and better understand.
A.R. Levett B.A., B.Cmm.(Hons) is an award-winning, emerging WA author. He has had multiple poems and short stories published in a variety of Australian and international publications. His Story Mentoring services help writers hone their skills and turn their ideas into engaging stories, which produced the Top 10 best seller, Under a Venice Moon. He has taught at Edith Cowan University and the Albany Summer School, served on the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre board of management, and runs regular creative writing classes at the Fellowship of Writers WA. He is writing a speculative-fiction series. www.thestorymentor.com.au www.arlevett.weebly.com
Cost:
$38 PCWC & WA Writers United members + Eventbrite booking fee $1.25
$48 Non-members + Eventbrite booking fee $1.45
Venue:
Peter Cowan Writers Centre Inc, Edith Cowan House, Building 20, ECU Joondalup Campus, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup.
Registrations & payments:
Bookings open September 8 close October 5 or when workshop is full.
If workshop is full please register on the waitlist in Eventbrite. If a space opens PCWC will contact you.
Queries:
e: PeterCowanWritersCentre@outlook.com with the subject Workshop Query