Creative Writing Foundations: Develop Compelling Characters

Learn how to imagine and bring to life memorable characters with their own unique stories to tell

• Introduction
• Growing Your Idea from Character
• Your Character Lives
• The One Pager and First Scene
• Final project

Characters are the heartbeat of any story. Through them, we can explore and make sense of the world. For screenwriter and independent author Mark Boutros, watching characters come to life on the page is what he loves about writing. He’s written for some of the biggest channels in the UK including The BBC and SkyOne and published a book about writing called The Craft of Character.

In this course, Mark gives you the tools you need to develop a variety of compelling characters with their own storylines and adventures. Are you ready to write a protagonist you can’t wait to meet?

• About Me
• Influences
• How to Frame Your Idea
• Extracting Key Information
• The Core of a Character
• Character's Voice
• Research Tips and Best Practices
• Character Questionnaire
• Become Your Character
• Other Characters
• Obstacles
• Character Descriptions
• The One Pager
• Your Character’s First Scene
• Creative Writing Foundations: Develop Compelling Characters