10 – 11AM Sunday Belmont C: Put them on the Couch: Therapy for your Characters

Complex and interesting characters are essential to any story, but how do you reach their true depths? In this fun, exploratory writing class, you’ll step into the role of therapist while your character becomes the patient. Using an adapted psychological intake form, you’ll uncover childhood traumas, bad habits, and quirky hobbies to create the marvelous, messy details that make characters come alive. It’s character therapy without the copay! This class is perfect for writers who want their characters to stop behaving like cardboard cutouts and start acting like the complicated bundles of contradictions we all are.