Tuesdays, September 26 – October 31 (6 weeks) | 7 – 9 p.m. 

This six-week course focuses on writing and developing compelling, three-dimensional characters. A good novel or short story calls for authentic, dynamic characters, and you, writer, must learn to think outside the box. We are called to create a world with characters so real, they will live with our readers forever, and even haunt them. In this course, you will practice the creation of such characters. Through a set of writing exercises, readings, discussions and workshops, you will work on crafting unsympathetic characters, anti-hero types, and three-dimensional characters, all while learning to avoid stereotypes and clichés. At the end of this course, the goal is to have created or enhanced a short story or piece of flash fiction around a central character created throughout the first four weeks. You will workshop that story for the remaining two weeks.

This class is for everyone: whether you are a budding writer, a published author, or a just a dreamer with an idea. Whether you are just starting a new story, already have one in progress, or you are simply interested in honing a new skill, this course is for you. All you need is your imagination and some writing material.

Fabienne Josaphat nació en Haití y se graduó con una maestría en Bellas Artes (MFA) en Escritura Creativa de la Universidad Internacional de Florida. Escribe ficción, no ficción y poesía, así como guiones. Su primera novela, Bailando a la sombra del Barón, fue publicado por Unnamed Press en febrero de 2016. Vive en Miami.

Acerca de ReadCaribbean: ReadCaribbean es una serie de lecturas, conversatorios, talleres de escritura y más que destaca la vibrante y diversa cultura literaria del Caribe. Es un programa de la Feria del Libro de Miami creado con el apoyo de John S. and James L. Knight Foundation y la Green Family Foundation.