How Place Creates Character

Writing Craft
2022
Featuring Georgina Cross, Jeffrey Philips, Laura Kemp, Nancy A. Hughes, Nola Nash, Sharon Marchisello

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Characters do not exist in a vacuum. This session explores how environment shapes personality, values, and choices, and how the right setting can naturally create characters who feel deeply rooted and impossible to separate from their world.

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