{"id":20638,"date":"2018-12-26T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=20638"},"modified":"2019-02-17T21:33:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T05:33:47","slug":"craft-compelling-characters-master-class-with-beth-barany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/26\/craft-compelling-characters-master-class-with-beth-barany\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Compelling Characters Master Class with Beth Barany"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ll be teaching a Master Class just after the San Francisco Writer’s Conference in February 2018. The Master Classes are sponsored by the nonprofit San Francisco Writers Foundation, not the conference per se. So if you’re not joining the conference, you can still sign up for any of the Master Classes.<\/p>\n

Here are the details. Hope you can join us!<\/p>\n

Time: Monday, February 18, 2019, 9am – 12noon<\/strong>
\nLocation: Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Hotel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Craft Compelling Characters: Tips for Writing and Editing<\/h2>\n

Instructor: Beth Barany<\/h3>\n

Our job as novelists is to create characters that our readers love. Or love to hate. Or want to be. Or want to jump into bed with. Our characters need to feel real, engaging, and compelling, not just our main characters, but our secondary characters and villains too.<\/p>\n

But how do you actually do that?<\/p>\n

Beth Barany covers how to build your characters from inside out, using such tools as Goal, Motivation, Conflict, and Strengths. Come prepared to write and brainstorm.<\/p>\n

In this hands-on masterclass, we also go beyond the standard tools to cover:<\/p>\n

Identity and Belief Shifts<\/strong><\/p>\n