Mining Your Life to Create Characters and Story

What’s the best way to use life expe­ri­ence to inform your fic­tion? We’re nev­er tru­ly invent­ing char­ac­ters out of thin air; we mine our own expe­ri­ence for empa­thet­ic imag­in­ings, foun­da­tion­al truths, as well as for the mag­i­cal cre­ative leaps that dis­tin­guish fic­tion from fact. Cre­ate ter­rif­ic char­ac­ters and, by exten­sion, great sto­ries, by apply­ing coach­ing tech­niques to your cre­ative process. Find­ing your pas­sion and point as a writer can be the dif­fer­ence between obscu­ri­ty and find­ing an audi­ence. Through guid­ed dis­cus­sion and writ­ing exer­cis­es, you will devel­op and focus your cre­ative ideas. This course is most appro­pri­ate for emerg­ing writers.