INTIMACY: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CHARACTERS SO READERS CAN TOO
with Josh Mohr
FORMAT:
Generative Workshop
6-Weeks on Tuesday Evenings
5 - 7pm PT (8 - 10pm ET) | Zoom
2025 DATES:
March 18, March 25, April 1,
April 8, April 15, and April 22
COST:
$250
About The Class: The best plots aren’t controlled by the author. They spring from the characters themselves. The writer masterminds all things, yes, but the more we as writers realize that our characters are sovereign beings with independent consciousnesses, the better prepared we are to create stories that are poignant, complicated, and emotionally volatile. In this generative workshop, we will ponder characters’ decision making, the causality between plot points, and how to keep a reader flipping pages. We’ll delve into specific tactics for constructing present action and folding in backstory. All of these various craft elements speak to the greatest goal we have as storytellers: imbuing our characters with the dignity of complexity. About The Faculty: Joshua Mohr is the author of several books, including Damascus, which The New York Times called “Beat-poet cool.” He’s also written Some Things that Meant the World to Me, one of O Magazine’s 10 Terrific reads of 2009, and he’s won the Northern California Book Award twice. Termite Parade was an editors’ choice on the New York Times Best Seller List. His latest project is a trilogy of novels all to be published in one calendar year, starting with SAINT THE TERRIFYING in fall ‘24. In his Hollywood life, he’s sold projects to AMC, ITV, and Amblin Entertainment.