Member Price: Free (with donation options)
Non-Member Price: $10
**Digital doors open at 6:55 pm; event starts at 7:00 pm
**Portions of this event will be recorded and made available to registrants to view for 30 days. Breakout room discussions will not be recorded.
The Federation of BC Writers invites you to participate in our newest programming initiative: Book Club for Writers! This online book club for writers offers an opportunity to read and discuss books related to the craft of writing.Book Club events are 75 minutes long and feature a combination of small group discussion using breakout rooms, large group discussion in the main room, as well as an opportunity to hear the author’s insights and ask questions.
Our January 2025 pick is Build Better Characters: The Psychology of Backstory & How to Use It In Your Writing to Hook Readers by Eileen Cook. We are thrilled that Eileen will be there to share her insights. Register here (bcwriters.ca/events-for-writers) to receive the event link, discussion questions, and reminders. Purchase the book, review the discussion questions, and when it's time for the event, click on the link to join the live Zoom event. We look forward to seeing you there!
BOOK BLURB:
Compelling characters are what keeps readers turning pages and buying books — from fantasies to mysteries to the great literary novel. But how to do you create characters that feel three dimensional and real on the page? Counsellor and author Eileen Cook shares common psychological techniques to help you build your characters and take your story to the next level.
Covering understanding your character’s backstory and how it impacts their choices in your book by doing a structured counselling interview, personality structure (Myers Briggs and Emotional Intelligence) and how that may lead to conflict, and understand dissecting the Stages of Change to see how your character moves through them.
This is the second book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series.
PRESENTER BIO:
Eileen Cook is a multi-published, award winning author in both non-fiction and fiction. She's a popular speaker/instructor at conferences, with Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio, and with The Creative Academy for Writers. Her most recent non-fiction guide is Build Better Settings.
STEPS:
1. Register here to receive the discussion questions and event link
2. Purchase your print or electronic version of the book
3. Read the book and consider the discussion questions (emailed two weeks before meeting)
4. Join the Book Club meeting using the Zoom link to discuss your responses and hear from the authors!
Please email Meaghan@bcwriters.ca if you have any questions, or would like to suggest a book.
