Beginner's Guide To Creating Characters

Learn to create characters your readers will love.

One-session online workshop, 1 - 1.5 hours, live teaching, via Zoom.

The length of the sessions varies depending on the session topic and the questions and discussions that arise. Sessions will be a minimum of one hour.

Only ten places available on this workshop.

Starting Thursday 7th March 2024 at 7pm.

Times shown: Greenwich Mean Time

If you are interested in future dates for this workshop please email: [email protected]

Workshop fee: £25

(meeting invite will be sent out a couple of days prior to the workshop)

Workshop Outline

In this workshop you’ll learn how to develop fully rounded, believable characters that your readers will want to follow. You will then be given an exercise to help start creating the main character for your own story.

This workshop is useful for all story tellers as it will help you to develop characters that your readers will remember.

This workshop is run by Budding Writers in partnership with The Writers Bureau.

Workshop Leader

Phil Busby E.N. (M) B.A. Hons

Phil Busby

A playwright, singer-songwriter and author, Phil works in course development for The Writers Bureau, Manchester. Originally a psychiatric nurse, he studied Theatre at Dartington College of Arts before working across Europe for ten years as a performer, writer and workshop leader. Phil is a co-founder of Budding Writers.

By taking part in this workshop you will:

  • meet other writers

  • have time to ask questions

  • develop an understanding of how to create believable characters your readers will want to follow.

  • learn new ways to improve your writing

  • be given the know-how to create highly developed characters to help kick-start your writing project

  • gain increased self-confidence to take your writing forward on your own.

Thursday 7th March at 7pm

Workshop fee: £25

  • Learn how to create characters your readers will engage with

  • Find out how to make a character profile

  • Notes emailed to you after the session

  • A maximum of 10 people