Learner Reviews & Feedback for Creative Writing: The Craft of Character by Wesleyan University
About the Course
and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes to bring all characters to life on the page, and we will perform written
exercises in order to develop a variety of writing and pre-writing techniques, in order to create a variety of characters. We will learn how to use
our own life experiences, and the people we know (and how not to!). We will develop inner (thoughts and feelings) and outer (appearance,
habits, behavior) lives for our characters and see how that can lead us to richer and more interesting stories. We will breathe...
Top reviews
NM
Sep 25, 2020
The course was very well-structured and challenging. The instructor is very experienced and good, thus used relevant materials for this course, be it the guests, or the assignments, or the examples.
SS
Aug 10, 2016
I loved this course! Extremely useful and hands on. The course instructor was really impressive, both informative and empathetic, both arty and to the point. Totally admired her style of instruction.
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By Yunus Ç
•Jul 27, 2020
thx for all
By AnhPHBHS170129
•Oct 5, 2022
very good
By Molly G
•Jul 9, 2018
Brilliant!
By Patricia R
•May 16, 2017
excellent!
By Lily
•Jan 25, 2017
very great
By Daniel C
•Dec 15, 2016
Excellent.
By Iris R
•Jun 28, 2016
Thank you.
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•Apr 20, 2025
muy bueno
By David M
•Apr 16, 2025
Excelente
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•Nov 4, 2024
thank you
By ISHIKA P
•Oct 20, 2024
very easy
By Deleted A
•Jul 19, 2022
Very Good
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•Feb 18, 2022
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By Carlos L H
•Jul 20, 2018
A vibrant
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•May 6, 2025
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•Oct 9, 2022
Perfect
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•Jan 25, 2022
AWOESOME
By Elisa G A F
•Oct 21, 2020
Awesome!
By Viktoryia
•Mar 29, 2017
Amazing!
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•Nov 28, 2021
amazing
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•Sep 17, 2020
Great!
By Xuan T
•Sep 19, 2024
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•Apr 12, 2024
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By John M
•Oct 6, 2016
Typically writing courses deal with either the business of writing, or the pretentious art and literature side of writing. Almost nobody deals with the science of writing. Where is the talk on motivational arrows? Character likabilities like being unrelenting? Where is the meta-analysis of good techniques in writing? meta-data is the future of defining the science of writing, but it's not mentioned here even slightly. What about will he/won't he moments? Backstory interacting and being relevant to the plot? What about fish out of water? This course doesn't even touch upon foundational pillars and tenets that make good writing. I couldn't imagine paying for this course, since I've already paid too much with my time. As it stands, I could have taught a better course than this, and maybe some day I'll be so fortunate as to move writing studies in the right direction, towards the truth that older generation teachers are unwilling to accept: that good writing is empirical, and therefore can be learned.
By Drea H
•Oct 21, 2020
I really liked the contents and assignments of the course. It helped me improve my writing. Nevertheless, I think the way peer review is applied in this course needs to be reconsidered. Some people don't seem to take this very seriously or would need more examples of what helpful critiquing is supposed to look like. Unfortunately, this means one doesn't learn much from peer's feedback as quite a few people write just “good” instead of giving real feedback. It's not okay to be able to get a certificate if people don't really do the work that is necessary getting it. Also, it's quite a bummer if you have invested time to write a detailed feedback for someone and get “good” back.