Using Your Characters’ Emotional Wounds for Character Development
Start Date: Monday, Sept 1, 2025
Duration: 2 weeks
USD Fee: FF&P Member – $10; Non-Member – $15
Presented by: Deb Bailey
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How to connect descriptions to the reader’s visceral reactions. Using all five senses to engage the reader.
-Defining your character and using description to introduce them to your reader
-Emotional wounds – how can you use triggers to get move your characters forward? How can you describe them in ways to draw the readers in?
-Descriptions – how are you showing your story world to the reader? What do you want your readers to experience?
-Emotions – moving out of the predictable reactions and exploring your story world differently.
-Using description to paint a picture of the characters’ place in the story world – and using that to connect with the reader. a distinctive voice that engages the reader. In this class we’ll cover some important points for writing a novel in first person POV.
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Emotions and Description
Start Date: Monday, Sept 1, 2025
Duration: 2 weeks
USD Fee: Savvy Authors Member – $26.25; Basic Member – $30
Presented by: Deb Bailey
Develop your characters and create backstory using emotional wounds and inner conflicts.
What motivates your character?
What are the traumas that might be inspiring them to take certain actions?
How to determine what wounds make sense for your characters and your story
Raise the stakes in your story by knowing the triggers that will push your characters forward
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