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Character Development

Saturday, November 1
10 – 12 EST 
ONLINE OR IN PERSON

Readers will only care about a book if its characters are convincing. Not every character has to be likeable, but they do all need to be multifaceted, well-researched, and authentic. From Dickens to Fitzgerald, we read and love books because we are intrigued by their characters. It is often the smallest details that give the most insight, a turn of phrase, the clutching of fists, the flick of hair, to truly know them is to write them. Join me for a generative workshop where you will excavate the inhabitants of your story. Come ready to write.

Saturday

10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
November 1, 2025

Hybrid

Meet the Instructor

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Rahla Xenopoulos

Rahla Xenopoulos is the author of “A Memoir of Love and Madness.’ (Random House) and the novels ‘Bubbles,’ (Penguin.) ‘Tribe’ (Penguin) and ‘The Season of Glass.’ (Penguin). A fellow at the Royal Society of the Arts, she has published short stories in the anthologies, ‘Women Flashing’, ‘Twist’ and ‘Just Keep Breathing.’ She has written for The Sunday Times, Glamour Magazine, and Oprah Magazine. Her latest book, The Season of Glass was a finalist for the Sunday Times Literary Award. She gives writing workshops to underprovided children and is on the boards of SA-Yes. And Short Story Day Africa, and teaches writing in South Africa, the U.K., as well as in Greece and New York, and has worked with both experienced writers and novices from all over the world. Rahla lives in New York with her husband and teenage triplets.

$75.00

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Character Development
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