This course, from decade-plus publishing veteran Mary Kole, guides writers as you create characters who live and breathe on the page, fostering an unbreakable bond with your audience.

• Delve into the art of interiority, the heartbeat of compelling fiction and memoir writing, ensuring your characters resonate deeply with readers across four levels of depth. Explore your protagonist’s thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles to create a rich, immersive experience.
• Uncover the essentials of crafting a character’s backstory, objective, need, worldview, and growth arc to explore profound themes and add human resonance to your plot.
• Gain invaluable advice on integrating secondary characters, turning points, stakes, and world-building.
• Explore how writing voice intertwines with interiority so that your personal style stands out on crowded shelves.
• Learn the secrets to making readers care deeply about your characters.
  

This class is for writers (both aspiring and established) across all categories and skill levels. Get ready to transform your creative writing, deepen your characterizations, and perhaps change your writing skill set forever.