B-Characters and Frenemies
In young adult and middle grade fiction, friendship groups play a huge role in the main character’s growth and development. But they’re more than just a foil to the main character. In this class, we’ll learn how to give B-characters their own wants, needs, interests, struggles, and storylines, which will enrich the main character's growth. Through a mix of examples from recent middle grade and young adult novels, brief lectures, writing exercises, and in-class critiques, students will learn how to write compelling secondary characters.
Registration dates:
August 22: Scholarship Donation Day (Learn more.)
August 23: Member registration opens
August 30: General registration opens
Amanda Hosch
Amanda Hosch (she/her) is the author of the middle grade mystery, MABEL OPAL PEAR AND THE RULES FOR SPYING. An English as a Second/Foreign Language teacher by profession, she taught abroad for almost a decade. A fifth generation New Orleanian, Amanda now lives in Seattle with her family, two rescue cats, and a ghost cat. Currently, she writes copy for tech companies and volunteers with refugees as ESL Talk Time Facilitator.
