The Tale is in the End workshop at 826 Valencia

Workshop designed and conducted at 826 Valencia, and assisted by Eric Myers. The course consisted of three days, for 2 hours per day.

Synopsis:
The art of creating compelling characters…by doing them in.
Why do so many writers snuff out their main characters? What is the essence of a character? How do characters become stories? This workshop answers these questions through a variety of brainstorming exercises designed to show you how to pluck ideas from your imagination, build compelling characters from them, and weave them into complete stories. 

By starting at the end of a character’s life and working backwards, students will create their own stories while working collaboratively as a class. These stories will be submitted for inclusion in 826’s Quarterly and published in OLOGY magazine.

>>Syllabus and materials (including brainstorming exercises and story maps)
>>Day 1 blog
>>Day 2 blog