RWA® Online
Chapter #136, Romance Writers of America®

 Home •
About Us •
Join RWA® Online •
Contact •
FAQs •

 

Meeting 24 /7

Online, All the Time

 News Writer's Campus Our Published Authors & The HEA Cafe Member Blogs Writing Links Discussion Forums Chat!
spacer spacer
RWA® Online Presents

Personality Plus: Making Your Characters Real
Instructors: Sue Viders & Becky Martinez
Dates: January 10 - Feb 6, 2010

CLASS DESCRIPTION:  

Personality is a critical part of any character's make-up. It can mean the difference between a great character, one you remember forever, or a mediocre one you forget as soon as the book is read. This class looks at how to build and define a character’s personality and how to add those little details that make that character more realistic in his/her actions.

About the Presenter:

Sue and Becky have been teaching on-classes for many years, as a team and individually. They have presented at numerous conferences together and separately. Both have given sessions at the national Romance Writers of America Conference. Sue has taught dozens of classes, both online and in person.

Sue has published the following books and games for writers: Heroes and Heroines, Sixteen Master Archetypes, Ten Steps to Creating Memorable Characters, Deal a Story - a card game for writers

Becky is also one of the co-authors of Ten Steps to Creating Memorable Characters. She is multi-published in full length romance novels and romance short stories under the pseudonym of Rebecca Grace. Her most recent short story, “The Problem,” was published The Wild Rose Press, which will also publish her next book, Deadly Messages, a romantic suspense coming in February 2010. She is currently working on her next romantic mystery.


Becky and Sue are also working on their next nonfiction book for writers, Ten Ways to Plot a Great Story. This will be a companion book to the Character book.


Registration Opens: December 27, 2009

Registration Deadline: January 9, 2010


Fee: $15 Non-Chapter members. RWAOL Chapter #136 members; free. Open to the public, RWA membership is NOT required.

Payment method: PAYPAL is recommended!   It's safe and easy!   Check/Money Orders are also accepted, but payment must be received prior to class start date for guaranteed entrance!

INOTE:  For participants paying for the workshop:  Our registration process requires two separate steps.  Using the register button on this page (when registration opens), submit a quick form indicating your desire to attend.  Then you will be directed to create a login for our online discussion board where ALL lectures and classwork will be conducted.  Please use the same name as your login user name (FIRST and LAST), so we can match up all students with their login.

FORMAT:  Course is conducted via online discussion (bulletin) board on the RWA® Online website. Non-chapter members MUST complete both the workshop registration AND the discussion board login registration for access. Instructions for login are presented after the registration pages (or to return to the login instructions, go to http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/WorkshopAppTY.html. The workshop is available for up to one week after the end date and a downloadable archive of the workshop will be available the week following the workshop. 
 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

About RWA® Online Chapter Workshops

RWA® Online conducts all workshops via a message board system located on this website.  However, access to the site is restricted by login and password to ensure that the workshop is only available to those that are authorized to attend.  Please read the instructions below to understand our process:

1.  You must register for the workshop using the registration links above.  This is the only way to get the information on how to access the workshop site.

2.  All workshop participants must be registered on the website message boards located under the News and Members Only tab above.  NON-CHAPTER MEMBERS:  Follow the instructions on the page you get AFTER your workshop registration.  Both login and payment information is available there.  If you forget and need to go back to those instructions, click here.

3. A couple of days before the workshop, you will be emailed reminders on the workshop and where to find it.  If you forget, click here to take you to the workshop discussion boards or use the WORKSHOP FORUM ACCESS link above.  If you are NOT a registered user of our bulletin boards, all you will see is our GUEST LOUNGE and NEWS forums.  Once your login is approved, you will also see a WORKSHOP CHECK-IN forum.  The actual workshop forum will not open until the day prior to the workshop start date.

4.  The workshop presenter will post discussion and lecture information, as appropriate, on the first day of the workshop.  Participants are encouraged to respond to the discussion topics.

5.  Because the workshop is a professional activity designed to further participants writing skills, we request that social chit-chat be kept to a minimum. 

6.  Postings deemed inappropriate in content will be deleted without warning to the message author.

7.  Otherwise, we hope everyone who participates in the workshop has fun and learns a lot.  Please remember to thank our guest presenters who take time out of their schedules to provide their wisdom and guidance.

8. If you have any questions, please email If you have questions, feel free to contact us     for more information. 

 

2010 Schedule

Click here for 2010 class descriptions

Sue Viders & Becky Martinez
Jan 10 - Feb 6

Personality Plus: Making Your Characters Real

Sherry Lewis
March 1- 31

The Selling Synopsis

Bob Mayer
1 - 30 June
 
The Warrior-Writer: Improve the Author, Improve the Writer

Linnea Sinclair
August 15 - 28
 
Prune Your Prose!  Ten Tips to Tighten Your Fiction Writing

Anna Hackett
October 1 - 31
 
Short Story, Big Impact!

Teresa Bodwell
November 29 - Dec 12
 
HOOK 'EM & HOLD 'EM

TERMS AND LIMITATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I understand that payment must be received not later than 2 days prior to the workshop start date for me to be guaranteed admittance to the workshop.  RWA® Online will work with me in good faith if circumstances prevented my payment from being received in time for the workshop start date, but they are not obligated to grant access to the workshop if payment is not received.

I also understand that RWA® Online is not responsible for technical or personal issues that may prevent my attendance from the workshop.  I have been advised, by agreeing to these terms, that the workshop has been successfully used by computers operating both Windows and Mac OS and that no user who has properly followed all instructions for accessing the website where the workshop is held has ever been unable to participate.

When I submit a registration for a workshop, I agree that RWA® Online is not obligated to refund my workshop fee if the money is received too late for the workshop or if I am unable to attend the workshop due to personal or computer-related issues.

 
Home • News • Writer's Campus • Our Published Authors & The HEA Cafe • Member Blogs • Writing Links • Discussion Forums
RWA® Online © 2006