Better Characters, Faster is a 2-part class designed to help you create your best characters. Whether you're tackling your first novel or diving into revisions, this workshop will help you create characters that readers fall in love with and want to follow till the end of your story.
Better Characters, Faster
Learn to create characters readers love in this 2-part workshop taught by award winning writing teacher Sue Weems.
How to Create Your Best Characters
Here are the topics we’ll cover in each lesson:
- Lesson 1: Characters Revised. Characters Revised zeroes in on the five usual character creation slip-ups, offering clear, actionable advice on how to sidestep these pitfalls. Say goodbye to the drag of endless character questionnaires and hello to focused techniques that bring out the best in your characters.
- Lesson 1: Characters Revised. Characters Revised zeroes in on the five usual character creation slip-ups, offering clear, actionable advice on how to sidestep these pitfalls. Say goodbye to the drag of endless character questionnaires and hello to focused techniques that bring out the best in your characters.
- Lesson 2: Characters from Scratch. Characters from Scratch speeds up the process of bringing new characters to life. Whether you're staring at a blank page or searching for a fresh angle in your story, this session delivers neat strategies for quick, yet effective character development.
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About Sue Weems
Sue Weems is a certified book coach, writer, editor, and ghostwriter with a proven track record of helping people finish their books.
She’s been a freelance writer for the last twenty years, with powerful storytelling at the heart of her portfolio. She’s written for regional, national, and international organizations, including most recently the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust (First Person Stories of the Holocaust series, 2023). In 2017, she began her ghostwriting career as a co-ghostwriter for a NYT bestselling author. Since then, she’s written for and with academics and nonprofit directors, busy corporate executives, entrepreneurs and fiction writers to craft books that have been picked up by Top 5 publishers.
Her nonfiction specialization includes memoir, business, leadership, self-help/how-to, travel, and educational interest. In fiction, she specializes in mystery, thriller, horror, romance, literary fiction, middle grade, and children’s books.
Sue has an MA in English from the University of California, Irvine and is an award-winning instructor. She currently lives in South Carolina with her family and an impossibly tall pile of books to read.
Learn from Sue Weems and Other Authors Today
At The Write Practice, our mission is to create experiences that help you transform from aspiring writer to published author.
That’s why we’re so excited to host monthly classes to give you the training you need to get published and accomplish your writing goals.
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Membership Bonuses
You can sign up for individual classes, but when you sign up for a membership, you’ll also get all of the following.
The Write Structure Course
Master book structure for fiction, memoir, and nonfiction and learn to write or edit your masterpiece.
Foundations in Publishing
How do you get published and become a professional author? In this extensive course, you’ll learn exactly what it takes to become an author in the 21st century.
Book Writing Library
10+ hours of video lessons on the ins-and-outs of writing a great book.
There’s more though. You’ll also get:
Community Access
Build your writing team in a community of writers who want to help you succeed.
Get Feedback in Our Writing Workshop
Post your writing and get feedback from your fellow writers in our writing workshop.
Get Published in a Literary Magazine
You’ll have exclusive submissions to our partner literary magazine, Short Fiction Break.
Join Our Writing Contests
Put your skills to the test in our regular writing contests.
Pricing
Sign up for one class or join as a member and save 50 percent, plus get bonuses!
Take Better Characters, Faster
Take One Class
$99/class
- Live. Get full access to the live lessons of this class.
- Recordings. Watch the recorded lessons at any time.
- Feedback. Share your writing in the workshop.
- Existing Course Access. Get access to existing courses. An $838 value.
- Bonus: Publish your writing on Short Fiction Break
- Bonus: Writing contest entry
Classes Membership
Save 50 percent and get $1,000+ in resources
$49/month
- Class. Take any class live.
- Feedback. Share your writing in the workshop and get feedback on your writing.
- Existing Course Access. Get access to existing courses like The Write Structure, Foundations in Publishing, and many more previously taught classes. A $1,233 value.
- Bonus: Publish your writing on Short Fiction Break literary magazine
- Bonus: Writing contest entry
Pricing
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- Lifetime Access. Get lifetime access to this class to take the recorded lessons at any time.
Frequently Asked Questions
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I don't know if I can make it to the live lessons. Will they be recorded?
Yes! All the lessons will be recorded, so if you can’t make it live, make sure to sign up for the paid course to watch the recordings.
Plus, if you sign up for a memberhsip, you’ll have access to many past courses, including Foundations in Publishing and The Write Structure Course.
What if don't live in the United States?
This course is open to all authors and aspiring authors, whether in the United States, Europe, Australia, India, or elsewhere. If you want to write a book, this course is for you. Keep in mind that you’ll gather live on Zoom several times a month with your mastermind cohort, and let us know in your application which of our available time slots works best for you.
When do the payments for the membership end?
You can continue to receive the classes, access to the community and workshops, and access to past classes indefinitely. If you’d like to end your payments, just let us know at admin [at] thewritepractice [dot] com.
Do the classes include individualized feedback?
The membership plan includes access to our writing workshops where you can receive feedback on your writing.
Our instructors always make an effort to connect with students, but they’re not able to provide feedback. If you’d like coaching and feedback on your writing, please consider signing up for 100 Day Book, our book coaching program, or 1 Year to Publish, our writing mastermind. Thanks!
You Need to Learn the Craft.
Let’s Do It Together!
If you want to get published, there’s no way around it. You have to learn the craft of writing. You also need to learn how the publishing industry works. Plus you need a team who can support you along the way.
At The Write Practice, we want to support you in every facet of the writing process, starting with learning the craft.
Our unique, practical approach will help you put what you’ve learned to use immediately so you can start becoming a better right away.
Then, we’ll give you the tools to get feedback and share your writing with the world.
Sign up for classes and let’s get started transforming into a published author today.