Prose Studio: Developing Character Motivations

The Writing Salon’s Prose Studio classes offer a space for writers to refine existing work, read and critically analyze published pieces, and generate new writing. Workshops form the heart of the experience, where participants’ fiction and creative nonfiction works are read and discussed with depth and care through the lens of each Studio’s topic.

Each 6-week course in the Prose Studio series will focus on a specific topic, ranging from Character Motivations, Point of View, and Setting & Place as Characters, among others. This spring’s Prose Studio will focus solely on the craft and process of Developing Character Motivations.

Instructor Junse Kim says, “During workshops, I often hear students comment on each other’s work, pointing out, ‘I’m not quite sure why your character suddenly does or says that.‘ Usually this issue has to do with failing to develop what moves a character to do or say something, especially so that their actions and dialogue are believable and raise the stakes in the story.”

In this course, students will develop a process that can be applied to character development in current and all future narrative pieces. They’ll learn strategies to gain insight into their characters as real people they know well and hone their craft skills to believably render their characters’ motivations, especially those at the heart of their drama.

About The Writing Salon's In-Person Classes

Before your class meets, you'll receive an email from The Writing Salon with more information about the class. If you have any questions about in-person learning, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at hello@writingsalons.com.