Character Development
Essential skills to write characters your readers will love
Last Updated
May 2025
Level
Students
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Who is this course for?
Authors struggling to develop realistic characters
Writers who want to give more depth to their characters
Authors who need more guidance on character arcs and how they impact the story’s plot
Overview
Do you struggle to create memorable, realistic characters that your readers love?
If so, this short course is for you!
There are 6 modules (plus a bonus module), providing you with 86 minutes of guidance on the key methods to create fantastic characters that are unique, fit your story, and will linger in reader’s minds.
What You'll Learn
What are character archetypes and how you can use them
Develop a deep motivation for your character
Why characters come before plotting
How to select POV characters
What are character arcs and how they affect your plot
Tips on how to make your character’s personality shine
Course Content
Start with an overview of the course and some great tips!
Learn the essential roles characters fill and how to use them to develop the foundation of your character.
Develop a deep motivation that will launch your plot as well as how to set the pace for your chapters.
Learn the essentials to create a dynamic story that will suck in readers.
Delve into the secrets of how to select the characters to tell your story through and how many your book can handle.
Tie your character to the plot to create a tension-filled but nuanced novel using arcs.
Get the tips to make your character’s personality leap off the page!
About the instructor
Autumn Birt & Jesper Schmidt
Autumn is an award winning and bestselling fantasy author with more than 20 books currently released. She is passionate about writing great books as well as giving back to the author community. She started helping fellow authors with blog posts in 2012, before founding the Am Writing Fantasy website where Jesper Schmidt joined her and helped launch the YouTube Channel and Podcast. Her first writing course was released in 2015, beginning a new career in helping authors. Jesper Schmidt is a bestselling fantasy author who also dabbles in non-fiction. He is the marketing brains in Am Writing Fantasy and the go-to guy for author questions on book marketing. He joined Autumn in Am Writing Fantasy in 2017 and together they’ve created non-fiction books, courses, podcasts, YouTube videos, and now fiction books. The share a passion not only for fantasy books but also for helping fellow authors.
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About the instructor
Autumn Birt & Jesper Schmidt
Autumn is an award winning and bestselling fantasy author with more than 20 books currently released. She is passionate about writing great books as well as giving back to the author community. She started helping fellow authors with blog posts in 2012, before founding the Am Writing Fantasy website where Jesper Schmidt joined her and helped launch the YouTube Channel and Podcast. Her first writing course was released in 2015, beginning a new career in helping authors. Jesper Schmidt is a bestselling fantasy author who also dabbles in non-fiction. He is the marketing brains in Am Writing Fantasy and the go-to guy for author questions on book marketing. He joined Autumn in Am Writing Fantasy in 2017 and together they’ve created non-fiction books, courses, podcasts, YouTube videos, and now fiction books. The share a passion not only for fantasy books but also for helping fellow authors.
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