Developing Unforgettable Characters

Whether you are writing short fiction, a novel, or memoir, characters are what draw your reader in and make them care enough to read on. This course offers methods for creating three-dimensional characters that your readers will react to, relate to and remember. You will acquire a toolkit of exercises to help you develop or more clearly define both primary and secondary characters. Exercises and assignments will help you fill a notebook with character sketches and scenes, and help you start a chapter or short story featuring your most unforgettable character.

Course Number: WCWP-40245
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing

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9/25/2023 - 11/4/2023

$305

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• SECTION ID:

  175759

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
  You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Humphrey, Elizabeth King, Associate manager of corporate communications and a freelance editor, writer, and book designer.

  Elizabeth King Humphrey  works for a large corporation where she writes, edits, and manages a variety of communications. Prior editorial work has included contributing pieces to The Writer and Scientific American Mind, as well as editing for Amazon's CreateSpace and independent authors. Humphrey received her University of Chicago editing certificate in 2011 and a graduate certificate in technical and professional communications in 2012. She enjoys teaching  Copyediting I  and  Digital Landscape for Editors  for the  Copyediting Certificate Program .  

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  Elements of Fiction 1st
  by Mosley, Walter
  ISBN / ASIN: 9780802147639

  Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping 1st
  by Salesses, Michael
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781948226806

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 9/29/2023.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $280 ($305 if enrolled after 9/4/2023).
  

• NOTE:

  "This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section."

• DATE & LOCATION:

  9/25/2023 - 11/4/2023
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.