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Killing People – Death as a Character

"Exploring the narrative power of death."


Course Overview

So you have a character you're just dying to kill. In this class, you'll have the dual benefits of digging deeply into the psychological reasons for killing a character, and of building a believable story structure around a death.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to ceate a believable underlying reason for a character's death
  • Create the perfect character to kill
  • Determine which character needs to die and why
  • Find resources to help make a characters' death realistic
  • NOTE: This class is for fictional usage only. No one will actually be harmed in any way.

Your Instructor

Sarah Sally Hamer

Sarah Sally Hamer

Sarah (Sally) Hamer is eternally fascinated by people and how they ‘tick’ and works hard to incorporate individual idiosyncrasies to create living, breathing characters in her many works of fiction. She teaches, edits, and coaches writers with many of her students and critique partners becoming successful, award-winning authors.

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Pacing: Evergreen
Tuition Fee: $150.00
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