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Writing | Writing a Better Main Character
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Writing | Writing a Better Main Character

I show you How to Write a Hero and not a Zero
Created byMatthew Dewey
Last updated 4/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • How to write a better main character
  • How to convey personality
  • How to develop a backstory
  • How to devise a name
  • How describe an appearance

Course content

1 section7 lectures42m total length
  • Introduction | Writing a Better Main Character2:35

    In this video I welcome you to the course. I hope you enjoy!

  • Names | Writing a Better Main Character6:51

    In this lesson I discuss the fundamentals of naming your main character

  • Appearance | Writing a Better Main Character7:27

    In this lesson I show you how to describe your main character

  • Backstory | Writing a Better Main Character7:28

    In this lesson I show you how to develop a great backstory for your main character

  • Personality | Writing a Better Main Character7:28

    In this lesson I show you how to develop a great personality for your main character

  • Purpose | Writing a Better Main Character7:49

    I discuss how you can give your main character purpose

  • Conclusion | Writing a Better Main Character2:40

    I conclude to what you have learnt in this course and wish you the best of luck for your future writing

Requirements

  • No requirements

Description

Hello Writer!

Welcome to the course where I show you how to write an in-depth, enjoyable main character that will keep your readers interested. Don't make the same mistakes that so many novice authors make and create main characters that can challenge those of successful authors!

My name is Matthew Dewey and I am a writer. It is hard to say when my passion for writing began, but if I can recall it all started back in primary school. A small, pale child with not much to say, but plenty to write, or in most cases scribble, across a page. From there writing became a hobby, moving on to become a part-time job writing articles on various subjects from technology to programming. Suddenly, the spark was ignited and I wrote my first novel. From there I was hooked onto something that was akin to a calling.

Enough monologue, it is time to tell you what this course is worth to you. First, it is free to all beginner writers as a way to introduce them to me. You can find this course on my YouTube channel or on my website, thepennedsleuth. That being said, this course was created with the express intention to start a series of courses. In my rising through the writing world I found that information was handed freely, but not with enough dedication and forethought. The advice lacking and the examples poor. I decided to push through and after several years developed my own toolkit that is simple and multipurpose. The first and most important lesson I learned was how not to make a main character. From there I experimented and found the positives.

I will show you how to write:

  • Personality

  • Backstory

  • Descriptions

  • Names

  • and PURPOSE


Welcome to the How to Make A Better Main Character Course! I will show you everything you need to know to keep your main character interesting and worthy of the role of protagonist!

Who this course is for:

  • Writers
  • Authors
  • Creative Students
  • English Majors
  • Script Writers
  • Fiction Writers