When readers fall in love with a creative work, they aren’t falling in love with the plot. They’re falling in love with the characters. Creating a character that readers can love comes from a deeper understanding of your character’s inner workings through investigating traumas, triggers, and internal motivation. In this generative workshop, we’ll explore ways to create rich and authentic characters.
Participants can expect to take away character questions to help brainstorm ideas for stories, along with an investigative point of view change technique that gives deeper insight into each character.
Meet Your Instructor
Our Vol.1 guest editor, Finnian Burnett is a writer whose work explores the intersections of the human body, mental health, and gender identity. They are a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts grant, a finalist in the 2023 CBC nonfiction prize, and a 2024 Pushcart nominee.
Their work appears in Blank Spaces Magazine, Reflex Press, The Daily Sci-Fi, Pulp Literature, CBC books, more. Their two novellas-in-flash, The Clothes Make the Man and The Price of Cookies, are available through Ad Hoc Fiction and Off Topic Publishing respectively.
When not writing or teaching, Finnian enjoys cold weather walking, Star Trek, and cat memes.
They can be found at www.finnburnett.com
