Event Series:
Writing Compelling Characters II with Melissa Payne
Writing Compelling Characters II with Melissa Payne
January 31, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
$182
Level: Beginning/Intermediate
Instructor: Melissa Payne
January 17, 24, 31, February 21, 28, March 7 (6 Fridays, NO class on Feb 7 & 14)
9:30 – 12:30 am
$165 CAE member / $182 non-member
Minimum 5 / Maximum 12
Open to anyone who completed the Writing Compelling Characters I in the fall or with permission by the instructor. Please email Melissa at [email protected]
As readers, we put ourselves into the perspective of a character and experience that character’s world as if it were our own. As writers, we create these engaging, three-dimensional characters by digging deep into who they are, where they came from, and what they want before the story even starts. In this course, we will further our deep dive into crafting relatable and real characters (even if they are aliens or apples) by focusing on motivation, realistic dialogue, descriptive writing and how we put it all together with a plot that moves and engages.
Melissa Payne is the bestselling author of five novels, including A Light in the Forest, The Night of Many Endings, and The Wild Road Home. After an early career raising money for nonprofit organizations, Melissa began dreaming about becoming a published author and wrote her first novel. Her stories feature small mountain towns with characters searching for redemption, love, and second chances. They have been three-time Colorado Book Award finalists and Colorado Authors League 2020 and 2023 winners for mainstream fiction. Melissa lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her husband and three children, a friendly mutt, a very loud cat, and the occasional bear. For more information, visit www.melissapayneauthor.com or find her on Instagram @melissapayne_writes.