Having a great idea for a television series or movie is one piece of the writing process. But introducing characters into your world, characters with layers and depth and nuances and flaws, is a huge piece of the writing process that often missed. Whether you're  a new writer or someone that's more experienced, creating grounded and believable characters can always be challenging. Yet if you can clear this hurdle and paint fantastic characters, it’s no holds barred.

There can be something very intimidating about creating people out of nothing and building your story's characters from scratch. In the real world, people are complicated, nuanced, and hard to fully nail down or encapsulate. Yet creating an incomplete representation of a person and a less-than developed character is instantly noticeable to the audience, and of course to decision makers and actors who might be considering your script. It's a process that would be a lot easier with a shortcut, and a spelled out guide for how to develop your own story's characters. Believe it or not, though, this writing hack already exists.

Sara B Cooper is an accomplished and experienced TV writer and producer with over 30 years in the industry writing for standout shows like THE X-FILES, CHICAGO HOPE, HOUSE, and HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS.  Over her storied career, Sara has learned from and worked with TV icons like Chris Carter, David E. Kelley, Tom Fontana, David Mamet, and Eric Roth. Beginning her writing career on science fiction shows like STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, Sara has been able to pivot to other genres like police procedurals, medical dramas, and even feature films like LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER with Angelina Jolie. Sara's deep experience writing characters, producing character-driven television shows and coaching newer writers to find their own voice has given her valuable knowledge in the art of character development, as well as useful tools and shortcuts any writer can apply to their own project.

During this information packed webinar, Sara will show you a surprisingly effective strategy and shortcut to help build out your own characters and aid them in being three-dimensional, authentic and memorable. This method is based on the Enneagram, a model that explores nine personality types.

Using the Enneagram as a guide, Sara will show you how to better define your characters, explore how they should interact with each other, and dig into more nuanced factors like speech patterns, reactions, behaviors. Sara will show you how to use this model not only for your TV or feature script, but also for your bible, character descriptions, and pitch. Leaning on notable examples and case studies to help, Sara will demonstrate how her Enneagram model may be the key you're missing to fully developing your own characters and making your project more desirable for execs, producers and other decision makers.

• Character Development: Internal and External Drive, Conflict, Strategies
• Introduction to the Enneagram
• The Nine Personalities
  • Basic fears
  • Basic desires
  • Wings
  • Key motivations
• Character Arcs & Levels of Development
• Examples of Well Known Characters and their Enneagrams
• Exploration of How Each Personality Can Be Reflected In:
  • Speech patterns
  • Reactions
  • Behaviors
• How Different Enneagram Characters Interact
• How to Write a Script v. Bible Description for Each Character with Examples.
• How Different Enneagram Characters Can Interact
• Q&A with Sara

**Purchasing gives you access to the previously-recorded live class.
**Your instructor is no longer sending out or reviewing the assignments, however we still encourage all creatives to participate in the exercises!

All levels of directors (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn effective strategy and shortcut to help build out your own characters and aid them in being three-dimensional, authentic and memorable.

All levels of writers (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn effective strategy and shortcut to help build out your own characters and aid them in being three-dimensional, authentic and memorable.

Producers looking to learn effective strategy and shortcut to help build out your own characters and aid them in being three-dimensional, authentic and memorable.

Actors looking to learn effective strategy and shortcut to help build out your own characters and aid them in being three-dimensional, authentic and memorable.