02/01/10 - 02/14/10 - Online Workshop: Creating Characters that Walk Off the Page with Karen Sandler

Yellow Rose Romance Writers is pleased to announce our February 2010
workshop! All workshops are $15 for Yellow Rose members and $25 for
non-Yellow Rose members.

Starting February 1, 2010, Karen Sandler will present Creating Characters
That Walk Off The Page. This is a 2-week course. To register, go to
http://www.yellowroserwa.com/workshops.php and fill in the form. We accept PayPal and check/money order. Registration deadline is January 31, 2010.

Creating Characters That Walk Off The Page

Karen Sandler

February 1 - February 14, 2010

More than any other genre, believable, well-rounded characters are crucial
to romance fiction. They have to be heroic, yet imperfect, because without
flaws, your reader won't be able to identify with your heroine or fall in
love with your hero. Your fictional characters must be so real, you'll know
them better than you do your best friends. The trick--talk to your hero and
heroine, then be ready to listen for their answers.

"Trigger questions" to spark creativity, and fill-in forms and character
interviews will assist you in creating dynamic, likeable characters.

Along the way, you'll develop a captivating story and some of its turning
points as well. You'll also learn the all important distinction between
inner and outer conflict and how to create inner conflict that will sustain
the tension between hero and heroine for the length of your novel.

Bio:

Karen Sandler first caught the writing bug at age nine when, as a
horse-crazy fourth grader, she wrote a poem about a pony named Tony.

Many years of hard work later, she sold her first book (and she got that
pony--although his name was Ben). Since then, she's published a total of
seventeen books, ten of them for Silhouette Special Edition. She enjoys
writing novels, short stories and screenplays and has produced two short
films. Check out Karen's website at www.karensandler.net