WEEK 3 - Creative Writing - Crafting Compelling Characters

In Week 3, we explored character creation — one of the most important elements in storytelling. Plot matters, but readers stay for characters who feel real, flawed, and emotionally driven.

We looked at how strong characters are built from wants, fears, contradictions, and choices — not just physical description.

Watch the Creative Writing Week 3 Lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c90or836yc

In this session we cover:

• What makes a character compelling (not just likeable)

• Character wants and motivations

• Flaws and contradictions

• Revealing personality through action

• Showing character through behaviour, not labels

This Week’s Writing Exercise

For this week's Creative Writing task create a character who wants something badly — and show them trying to get it in a short scene.

Readers connect with characters through what they do, not what we’re told about them.