Summer Wednesdays on Cooper Street: Crafting Character

About This Workshop

I am interested in hauntings, and the ways that ghosts can exist in both literal (supernatural and spiritual) and metaphorical (systemic erasure) terms. The questions anchoring this prose workshop might be: What ghosts surround the characters that we create? What do we as writers know about our characters that they don’t (yet or will never) know about themselves? To what extent will our readers perceive the residues of history, legacy, and memory that linger inside our characters’ lives? What haunts your character(s) and worlds they call home? Through selected short excerpts and generative exercises, participants will “uncover” the layers of how their created worlds have left marks on their characters. Open to adults of all levels.

Price: Free for Camden residents and Rutgers-Camden students; $20 for general.

Summer Wednesdays on Cooper Street 

Build your own lineup of Cooper Street Workshops with us this summer! Option to join us for dinner in between workshops. Buy June & July workshops and receive 50% off August workshops. On-site story time for children offered by the Camden Public Library.