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Creative Writing and Storytelling

Character Development

Build practical understanding of desire, contradiction, history, voice, relationships, choices, and change, then use it for creating characters whose actions feel specific and consequential.

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Level
Beginner to advanced creative practice
Subject area
Creative Arts
Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

Topic overview

Learn the foundations of Character Development.

Character Development connects desire, contradiction, history, voice, relationships, choices, and change with practical decisions and tasks. Guided examples, comparison, practice, and feedback help learners apply these ideas to creating characters whose actions feel specific and consequential. The goal is to make each step easier to explain, check, and improve.

Learning outcomes for Character Development

  1. 1

    Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in desire, contradiction, history, voice, relationships, choices, and change

  2. 2

    Follow a repeatable process for creating characters whose actions feel specific and consequential

  3. 3

    Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

  4. 4

    Complete an independent character development task and reflect on the result

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How to learn Character Development step by step.

01

Build the foundation

Explain the main ideas and vocabulary involved in desire, contradiction, history, voice, relationships, choices, and change

02

Practise with feedback

Follow a repeatable process for creating characters whose actions feel specific and consequential

03

Practise with feedback

Compare examples, identify common mistakes, and improve an approach

04

Apply and reflect

Complete an independent character development task and reflect on the result

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