Learn to create compelling characters with professional writer Connie Hale.

Storytellers—whether they are novelists, memoirists, or narrative journalists—know that characters are key to any great yarn. Readers love people, and writers must deliver through short sketches to longer portraits to full-length biographies. Yet developing characters is trickier than you might think. Especially minor ones, where few words must make an impression. Hale, who has made the profile her preferred form, gives us readings, interactive exercises, and prompts from her book Writing Character.

Please join us for this special workshop in honor of NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month!