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Developing Unforgettable Characters

WCWP-40245

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 Information

Online
2.00 units
$315.00

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This course applies to these programs

Creative Writing

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Section ID:

185509

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.

Textbooks:

The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV 13th
by David Corbett
ISBN / ASIN: 9780143121572

You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 2/7/2025
  • 1st no meeting date: 2/17/2025
  • Early Enrollment Discount: $290 ($315 if enrolled after 12/9/2024)

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Instructor: Karen Robinson

Karen Robinson
Karen Robinson, PhD English (medieval literature), has been copyediting for over 20 years in fields as varied as financial services, oncology/medical publications, academic writing, and fiction. She has been freelance copyediting for writers of fiction, mostly fantasy and speculative fiction, for the past 8 years. In addition, she is the Managing/Copy Editor for PLY, a quarterly magazine about spinning fiber into yarn (she is also a spinner and knitter). Karen has taught courses at the college level in composition, technical writing, and literature (as well as Latin). For the UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, she teaches Copyediting for Fiction.
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