Creating Unputdownable Characters
Create Well-Developed Characters for Dimension, Diversity, and Heart (Starts Oct 9th)
This Course is for You If:
✅ You Want to Write Characters Your Readers Won't Forget
✅ You Want to Invest More Deeply in Your Character Development for Richer Stories and Greater Reader Connection
✅ You Are Interested in Developing Characters Strong Enough to Transition Out of Your Pages to Film or Television
✅ You Want to Learn an Approach to Writing Diverse Characters and Characters Unlike You to Avoid Cliché, Stereotypes, and Caricature
✅ You Want to Develop a Reliable Process for Character Development
✅ You Want to Sharpen Your Characterization Toolset
✅ You Want to Practice Putting Characters in Scene for Depth and Impact
Requirements:
This course has no pre-requisite and is designed for all levels of participants. You do not need a book manuscript or even a set idea of your book to benefit from this course. This is an intensive focused on building the skill set of developing and embodying unputdownable, memorable characters on the written page. This course is designed for writers of all skill levels (of fiction and non-fiction), and will mainly consist of exercises todevelop and embody either characters that you create in class, or characters from your pre-existing work. This course is designed for both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts and can serve as an additional prep course for the November Book Genius Writing Challenge. If you have questions, please first check the FAQs below or email [email protected].
Program Contents
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StartCreating Unputdownable Characters Introduction
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StartHow My Character Development Process Resulting in a Bestselling Series and a Television Series in Development
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StartThe Writing Process
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StartWhat is the "UN-MFA" Approach Used in this Course?
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StartCourse Vision Statement
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StartCharacter Development Resource List
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StartCourse Check-In
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StartLIVE Instruction and Q & A - Character 101
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StartAssignment: Complete Character Worksheet for Character We Created in Class
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StartAssignment: "Cast" Your Worksheet Character in a Story with Circumstance That Will Force Them to Confront Their "Greatest Fear"
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StartAssignment: Write a "Day in the Life" of the Class Character or Character of Your Choice
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StartDownload: Unputdownable Characters Workbook
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StartDownload: Anatomy of a Character Visualizer
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StartWatch: "Secrets of Character Development Success from Talking to Hundreds of Readers About My Work" Mini Course (14:14)
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StartLive Instruction and Q & A - Character Development for Depth and Dynamism - Examining Backstory and Motivation
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StartAssignment: Create Your Own Protagonist and Backstory in "Unputdownable Characters Workbook"
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StartAssignment: Create an Antagonist Character for Your Protagonist with Backstory in "Unputdownable Characters Workbook"
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StartAssignment: Create a Supporting Character for Your Protagonist with Backstory in "Unputdownable Characters Workbook"
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StartAssignment: Write One of the "Essential Scenes" for your Protagonist from "Essential Scenes for Character Building List"
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StartDownload: "Essential Scenes for Character Building List"
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StartDownload: "Interview with Your Character Exercise"
Your Instructor
Behind the pen name “Jayne Allen” is Jaunique Sealey, an accomplished multi-disciplinary professional who started writing books as a pastime and developed it into a blockbuster career in publishing. She has helped devise a platinum-selling album release strategy (Lady Gaga’s Born This Way album), led award-winning marketing agency work, created her own bestselling novel series, and launched multiple companies from concept to revenue, including a cosmetics brand on QVC. Her unique experience-based insights have been featured by national and international platforms such as SXSW, Forbes, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and Fox News.
Under pen name “Jayne Allen,” Ms. Sealey is the author of Black Girls Must Die Exhausted. Initially self-published, her groundbreaking debut novel was acquired by HarperCollins’ HarperPerennial imprint in a four-book deal along with sequel books, Black Girls Must Be Magic and Black Girls Must Have it All, and a standalone novel scheduled for 2024. She has been reviewed by The New York Times Book Review, and has been featured on Good Morning America, and in USA Today, BuzzFeed, Shondaland, Black Enterprise, Detroit’s HOUR Magazine, and numerous other publications. Her follow-up novel Black Girls Must Be Magic was recently named as one of the 7 Best Novels of 2022 by Essence Magazine. Her books have sold over 100,000 copies worldwide across formats and her first novel was translated into Portuguese, specifically for release in Brazil. The year after its initial release, the Black Girls trilogy was optioned by AGC Studios and is currently in development as a television series.
Also a non-fiction author, Ms. Sealey wrote and published “Piece of the Fame,” and “Regroup,” both acclaimed titles delivering her business expertise and general advice in the areas of social media, brand development and entrepreneurship. Since 2018, through her online educational platform Book Genius, she has served hundreds of largely under-represented authors with writing and marketing resources and instruction.
A graduate of Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and Harvard Law School, Ms. Sealey spent a decade as an entertainment attorney and another decade following as an entrepreneur, turnaround strategist, and marketing executive, serving as a founder and founding executive management for several companies and brands.