What makes a character compelling? How can we craft characters that feel both layered and true? In this generative class, we will analyze what makes characters successful, and will apply what we have learned to exercises in which we develop our own characters. Participants will leave with at least one character sketch, as well as strategies for strengthening their own character work. Appropriate for all levels and all genres, although the close readings will all be fiction.
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About Mathangi Subramanian
Mathangi Subramanian, Ed.D., is an Indian American writer and educator. Her novel A People’s History of Heaven was longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Her middle grades book Dear Mrs. Naidu won the South Asia Book Award. Her personal essays and nonfiction have appeared in The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, Zora Magazine, and Al Jazeera America, among others. She holds a doctorate in education from Columbia Teachers College and lives on the west coast with her husband and daughter.
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