Mastering Characterization to Elevate Your Writing 6-Week Zoom Workshop, Starts Monday, April 28th, 2025

  Class Starts Monday, April 28th, 2025 Class will meet weekly via Zoom (Mondays, 7PM ET - 9PM ET). Note: this class will skip the week of 5/26 and conclude on 6/9. Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button (lower left) to talk with us. Led by Nadia Uddin, a graduate of the Yale Writers’ Workshop, and the author of the novel Edison in the Hood, Winner of the 17th Annual National Indie Excellence® Award for Science Fiction, IPPY's 2023 Silver Medal in Urban Fiction, and Slice Magazine's Bridging the Gap Award. Learn more about Nadia in our Meet the Teaching Artist series. Characterization is an essential literary tool of writing a novel or short story and is the foundation of all great literature. Mastering characterization can help you drive the plot forward and develop a world that engrosses the reader.In this 6-week course, we’ll examine the literary devices used to develop characters--such as setting, narration, dialogue, interaction, and interiority--and also study how