Some books linger in your mind so much that you want to talk about them and recommend them to all your friends. Why? Often it is not the supercharged plot or the beautiful writing. Instead, it is the way you connected to the characters and how they made you feel.
A good plot is essential, but the way characters respond to plot twists, setbacks, unmet expectations and victories are the things readers recognize in themselves and empathize with. Even well depicted criminal, immoral or aggressively opportunistic characters can evoke a raw emotional response and leave a strong impression when they remind us of someone we know or of our own hidden desires.
On Saturday, Nov. 22, author, educator and artist Erin Swann will speak on how to create characters that readers will emotionally connect to and empathize with. Swann is a speculative fiction author. She has been published in Andromeda, Spaceways Magazine, Factor Four Magazine and other anthologies.
Besides working as an arts educator, she teaches online writing classes for Authors Publish that emphasize techniques to create characters readers will care about whether they love them or hate them.
Erin Swann’s talk is sponsored by Fremont Area Writers, one of 21 branches of the California Writers Club. All Fremont Area Writers Zoom meetings are free, and you do not need to live in Fremont to attend.
More information is available at cwc-fremontareawriters.org. To join the meeting, request the Zoom link from Scott Davidson at sc**************@***oo.com.
Free General Meeting
Saturday, Nov. 22
2 – 4pm Zoom link: sc**************@***oo.com
