Funny Hats: Characterisation Masterclass with Akshay Gajria

4th June 2025 8:00pm to 9:00pm

Let’s bring your fictional people to life.

 

Every character in your story has a different hat (always metaphorical. Sometimes literal) and each hat affects the story in its own way.

 

Learn techniques from short stories – where writers showcase fully developed characters within a strict economy of words – and discover ways of applying them to your novel.

 

Delve into the psychology of your characters, their motivations, reasoning, perspectives, and how that enables them to be the best (or worst) version of themselves.

Join us in this part-theory, part-exercise, all-interactive workshop to expand your characters’ inner narrative and enhance the story’s outer narrative.

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