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About the Course

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. We will learn how to use our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!). We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance, habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe life into our characters and let them surprise us....

Top reviews

JK

Dec 6, 2017

This course was an excellent blend of basics and simple intense assignments to practice the concepts learned. I enjoyed every course in the Creative Writing Specialization. Thank you

PW

Mar 15, 2023

The different perspectives from the guest writers helped me to understand how writers craft character. Amy Bloom did an excellent job facilitating and guiding the speakers to help students learn.

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By Mayank B

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Jun 30, 2023

Loved the course. Learned a lot.

By Amnah E

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Sep 26, 2020

Amazing course, I learned a lot.

By Loren D

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Sep 19, 2020

Real good and insightful course!

By Pedro C V

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Mar 28, 2018

Great and useful writing program

By Victoria C

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Jan 12, 2021

Nice and very explained course!

By Alicia E R D

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Feb 28, 2021

Very helpful in a lot of ways!

By Sahil Y

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Jun 21, 2020

very good and beautiful course

By selamawit s

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Nov 11, 2019

Absolutely worth it! Thank you

By Sharra F

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Jan 28, 2021

loved it ,very informative

By Amrata k

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Aug 30, 2025

Amazing course...Love it.

By G. A W

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Nov 20, 2020

Really loved this course!

By Eric W

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Feb 2, 2017

Very useful, I love it.

By Cara C

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Jan 6, 2019

Wonderful, inspiring.

By LE M D

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Oct 14, 2020

Good. Thank Teacher.

By Angie H

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Apr 22, 2020

It's really helpful.

By Ignatius R R

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Apr 15, 2024

Excellent course.

By James ( G

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Sep 15, 2021

Excellent course!

By Khalda A

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Sep 10, 2025

very informative

By SAIBAL C

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Jan 14, 2021

Great experience

By Cieara W E

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Jun 9, 2020

Very informative

By Alina

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Jun 4, 2020

Excellent course

By Esther M

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Nov 4, 2016

Good job Brando.

By Florencia P

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Oct 16, 2017

Extrordinary!!!

By DUNGTTHS160486

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Jun 13, 2022

it's very good

By LEEEEEO

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Jan 29, 2018

要是有中文翻译就更棒了。。。