Event Title
How to create multi-layered characters on a heroine’s (or hero’s) Journey
Location
Benerd School of Education, Room 117
Start Date
17-5-2019 3:00 PM
End Date
17-5-2019 4:15 PM
Description
The first part of the workshop will participants will be introduced to characters alive in collec-tive memory. Think Odysseus, Antigone, Oedipus, Cyrano, Juliet, Atticus Finch, Ebenezer Scrooge. Add your own favorites. What do these characters have in common? They are complex, multi-layered, imperfect. We see ourselves mirrored in their aspira-tions, their successes, and their failures. And they all embarked on journeys that challenged their assumptions about themselves and others. The second part of the workshop will be dedicated to craft. We will investigate how to create relatable characters whose stories compel the reader to find out what happens next. Interactive worksheets for creating backstory and personality profiles will be provided, along with a template that describes the plot points of the hero’s journey that has guided storytellers for thousands of years.
How to create multi-layered characters on a heroine’s (or hero’s) Journey
Benerd School of Education, Room 117
The first part of the workshop will participants will be introduced to characters alive in collec-tive memory. Think Odysseus, Antigone, Oedipus, Cyrano, Juliet, Atticus Finch, Ebenezer Scrooge. Add your own favorites. What do these characters have in common? They are complex, multi-layered, imperfect. We see ourselves mirrored in their aspira-tions, their successes, and their failures. And they all embarked on journeys that challenged their assumptions about themselves and others. The second part of the workshop will be dedicated to craft. We will investigate how to create relatable characters whose stories compel the reader to find out what happens next. Interactive worksheets for creating backstory and personality profiles will be provided, along with a template that describes the plot points of the hero’s journey that has guided storytellers for thousands of years.
Comments
Dorothea (Dottie) Hubble Bonneau is a published novelist, produced playwright and optioned screenwriter. Her plays have been produced throughout the United States and in Canada. Dorothea is a member of Women in Film, Squaw Valley Community of Writers Alumni, Aspen Summer Words Alumni and Historical Writers of America. Her novel, The Heiress of Heaven, won the 2018 Jameson prize for best unpublished novel. Her most recent story, “Monsieur,” will appear in the upcoming publication of Blue Moon Art and Literary Magazine.