Creative Writing - The Craft of Character, Certificate | Part time online | Coursera | United States
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About

This Creative Writing - The Craft of Character course offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University is part of the Creative Writing Specialization.

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Overview

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this Creative Writing - The Craft of Character course offered by Coursera in partnership with Wesleyan University aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. 

We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. 

We will learn how to use our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!).

We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance, habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe life into our characters and let them surprise us.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

  • Discovering Characters from Your Life and Elsewhere
  • Creating Characters on the Page
  • Dialogue and Monologue
  • Set Your Characters Free.. and Give Them Somewhere to Go

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 1 days

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Tuition Fee

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Funding

Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.

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