How to Create Memorable Characters – The Heart of Your Story Dr Alan Hancock
4 Fridays: 15 May – 5 June, 10am – 12pm
Member $96 / Member conc $77
The Glyde-in Centre, East Fremantle, WA
Bookings: 9339 3964 [email protected] https://glydein.org.au/enrol
Alan Hancock will show you how to create characters on the page whether for a novel, short fiction, or life-story. What makes some characters memorable for so many people: Harry Potter, Matilda, and Jane Eyre? Where do writers look for inspiration: people they have met, characters from classic myths and stories, historical figures, portraits, themselves, or pure imagination? You’ll learn from writing exercises to open up your creativity and imagination, and from the work of successful authors. We’ll consider how much physical detail is needed, and when it’s too much; how to weave in a character’s backstory; and whether central characters need to be likeable. Character and theme are the beating heart of your story – learn how to get them on the page. The course will be interactive, lively, and fun.

Dr Alan Hancock is a published writer, educator, and consultant in writing skills and creativity. He has written scripts for the BBC and ABC, published prize-winning short fiction, and runs workshops and courses for business and government in writing skills and creativity. He teaches at ECU. Find out more at www.alan-hancock.com. And read one of his short stories here:
https://independentaustralia.net/life/art-display/agape-love-in-action,17625