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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Creative Writing: The Craft of Character by Wesleyan University

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About the Course

At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. We will learn how to use our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!). We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance, habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe life into our characters and let them surprise us....

Top reviews

SS

Aug 11, 2016

I loved this course! Extremely useful and hands on. The course instructor was really impressive, both informative and empathetic, both arty and to the point. Totally admired her style of instruction.

NM

Sep 26, 2020

The course was very well-structured and challenging. The instructor is very experienced and good, thus used relevant materials for this course, be it the guests, or the assignments, or the examples.

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By Jorge T

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Aug 8, 2016

The excercises on the course are great, but the videos can be a little vague.

By Walter M

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May 17, 2022

It was good, reviwing other students writing can be fun or very irritating.

By Jill B

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Sep 10, 2016

Excellent lectures. Assignments were a little too "exercisey" for me.

By Jeff S

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Jan 14, 2019

Content is great, but the app is very buggy and difficult to use.

By Houda A I

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Aug 24, 2018

There parts that were rather confusing in Week 2 (assignment)

By Vishal B

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Jun 11, 2020

Instructor is not very good

By Camille B

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Mar 28, 2019

Helpful, but not very much.

By Mike F

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Dec 13, 2024

The exercises were the best part of this course. However, I continue to be frustrated by the inability to ask questions or for clarification and by the lack of feedback except through AI. Every learner assesses sixteen stories in every course. Yet not once have I received critique from another student or human instructor. And no one answers my inquiries as to how I can get any. Finally, Ms. Blooms lectures are very general and veer into more emotion than explanation often.