Creative Writing
Skillbuilding Workshops
"Anxious writers obey the rules, rebellious writers break rules.
Artists master the form."
~Robert McKee
Character Workshop
Crafting Your Ancestor's Character
Bringing your ancestor to life on the page takes preparation. Presenting them as a 3-dimensional character that your reader can emotionally connect with takes planning. In this workshop, we learn the importance of characterization as part of our family history story. We learn how to uncover the character of our ancestor with research and how to bring that character to the page for the reader.
Valued-Packed
Three 90-Minute
Workshops
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Workbooks for each workshop
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Watch at your convenience
Value: $199.00
Signature Method
The Backstory Workbook
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Interactive Proprietary Backstory Workbook
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With Examples
Value: $99.00
Designed for You
Personality Cheat Sheets
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Positive Trait Cheat
Sheet
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Negative Trait Cheat Sheet
Value: $49.00
Workshop One
Shaping Ancestors into Memorable Characters
We examine the elements needed to create a strong and compelling story character.
- The cornerstones of character development
- Needs, wants, ambition and goal
- The power of wounds, contradictions and hidden secrets
- The importance of backstory in shaping a character
- The effect of character on conflict and theme
Workshop Two
Getting to Know Your Ancestor
We examine how to find the information we need from our research to develop our ancestor's personality and traits for the page.
- How well do you know your ancestor?
- How to find character in your genealogy research
- Source material for character
- Creating a likeable and interesting protagonist
- Exploring inciting and key events
- Planning secondary characters
- The character profile
Workshop Three
Techniques for Making Your Ancestor Dance
Learn to bring your ancestor's character to the page using the following writing techniques.
- Action
- Body Language
- Dialogue
- Voice
- Thoughts
- Description & Detail
Testimonials
What students have to say about our Workshops
“I have loved working on the first of your two Winter Workshops, Crafting Your Ancestor's Character, that today I signed up for the second workshop, Plotting a Family History Story! I have a dual BA in Creative Writing and Psychology and love that you have brought it all together and taken it up a notch! You have really gone beyond my expectations!!! Thanks, Lynn!”
Debra C
“Just took a peek at the "Backstory Workbook" tool designed for the Character Development Workshop!! I'm speechless! So excited to start working with it. That alone was worth the cost of the class- AMAZING!!”
Deborah Holman
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