From the course: Design Thinking for Writers: Create a Compelling Character
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Your character concept
From the course: Design Thinking for Writers: Create a Compelling Character
Your character concept
(bright music) - Now that you have sorted out your insight, I'm hoping that you have a good idea of who you want to write about. For me, instead of just choosing one of these prototypes, I've decided to do a combination. So when I'm filling out my character profile for this last part of the project, I'm going to have to do some translation and make some decisions along the way. But I have a lot of information I can use to make those decisions based on my conversations I've had with potential readers. One thing to do right now at this stage is to go back to our creative brief and be sure that we're on the same page as we were when we started. So I remember that I was thinking about my reader experiencing the story while out for a run, and I was thinking about someone who is leveling up in her career. She's an entrepreneur, she is ambitious. I wanted the story to evoke the feelings of curiosity. I wanted it to feel immersive, and I wanted my character to be in a growth mindset. And what…
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