Seasons of Life: Using Life Cycle Psychological Analysis to Build More Realistic Characters

Presented by: Bruce Allen Murphy | Carol L. Wright

Categories: Character Development | Experts | Plot

Husband and Wife team Carol and Bruce discuss how major life events shape a person’s life and how the Seasons of Life theory can be applied to develop characters that readers resonate with.

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