October 1 -29th, 2007
Creating Your Hero's Fatal Flaw
by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
Giving likable, plausible characters a compelling conflict is easier with Enneagrams. Counselors and personnel managers use this personality tool to identify the heroic qualities (and not-so-heroic qualities) for each of nine types: the Perfectionist, Nurturer, Achiever, Romantic, Observer, Skeptic, Adventurer, Leader and Peac3maker.
Each of these types has distinctive traits, including a fatal flaw, that will naturally bring them into conflict with other peoples AND with themselves Get ready for some hands-on-homework -- to do during October or at leisure -- and discover how to:
* Determine your character's unique types (or your own)
* Turn all nine personality types into memorable characters
* Build internal and external conflict with each type's fatal flaw
* Resolve conflict by using each type's individual strengths
* Expand the possibilities for drama with subtypes and more
* Enhance characters you already have in mind or plan to create
Laurie Schnebly Campbell grew up in a family that talked psychology around the dinner table. While her day job in advertising is responsible for her synopsis-writing skills, her Master's in Counseling comes in handy for sympathetic, vivid characters in her books...including the one which beat out Nora Roberts for "Best Special Edition of the Year." Check her out at www.BookLaurie.com.
To register for the October 1 - 29th, 2007 course, click HERE.