Developing Unforgettable Characters

Whether you are writing short fiction, a novel, or memoir, characters are what draw your reader in and make them care enough to read on. This course offers methods for creating three-dimensional characters that your readers will react to, relate to and remember. You will acquire a toolkit of exercises to help you develop or more clearly define both primary and secondary characters. Exercises and assignments will help you fill a notebook with character sketches and scenes, and help you start a chapter or short story featuring your most unforgettable character.

Course Number: WCWP-40245
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing

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4/26/2021 - 6/5/2021

$245

Online

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  154385

• CLASS TYPE:

  Online Asynchronous.
  
  All instruction and course materials delivered and completed online between the published course start and end dates.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Mendoza, Sylvia, Journalist, editor, author, college professor; President, Mendoza Communications.

  Sylvia Mendoza teaches  Intro to News and Feature Writing for UC San Diego Extension's Science Communication Certificate Program and American Literature: Stories of Immigration , Self-Editing and Publishing for the Web , The Writer's Art of Interviewing , and Developing Unforgettable Characters  for UC San Diego Extension's Creative Writing Certificate Program .  Sylvia is an award-winning author and journalist, professional editor and professor, who has six published books and more than 500 articles to her credit, as well as a dozen published editing clients. Her joy is writing inspirational stories about strong visionary women who are powerful examples of living with passion and purpose. The daughter of Mexican American parents who taught her t...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 4/30/2021.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $220 ($245 if enrolled after 3/8/2021).
  1st no meeting date: 5/31/2021.
  

• NOTE:

  This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to this class on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed. To login to your course, go to your MyExtension account, select My Courses, select this course and then click the link that appears in the LOCATION section.

• DATE & LOCATION:

  4/26/2021 - 6/5/2021
  extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu
  You will have access to your course materials on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.