Jacqueline Sheehan Writing Series- Workshop 3

This program will be delivered via Zoom and will be streamed to our Kingsley Room.

Creating Characters That We Love to Hate

Where would Harry Potter be without Voldemort? Gatsby without Buchanan or Atticus without Bob Ewell? Great bad-guys are just as important (if not more so) to good stories as protagonists. In fact, antagonists are often the most memorable characters in literature, without which, many best-selling stories would cease to exist. If the antagonist isn’t fully realized, the story will undoubtedly suffer. But what is an antagonist, exactly, and how do you create one that is not only a great foil but also a compelling and three-dimensional character in her own right? Spend the morning sharpening the conflict in your fiction through that crucial, mysterious energy between protagonist and antagonist.

JACQUELINE SHEEHAN Ph.D. is a bestselling novelist. She also publishes essays in the New York Times (Modern Love), The Writer, and Edible Pioneer Valley.  She has been a commentator on Public Radio. Her first novel, The Comet’s Tale, was based on the life of Sojourner Truth. The next two novels, Lost & Found and Now & Then, were New York Times bestsellers. These novels were followed by Picture This, The Center of the World, and The Tiger in the House. Her books have been translated into eight languages. Jacqueline edited Women Writing in Prison, a compilation from writing workshops with incarcerated women. She was a writing fellow at Hawthornden Castle in Scotland and Jentel Arts in Wyoming, and Turkey Land Cove on Martha’s Vineyard. Jacqueline is one of the founders and past president of Straw Dog Writers Guild. She teaches writing workshops in Massachusetts and at international retreats. She just completed her seventh novel. Please visit her at www.jacquelinesheehan.com or at Facebook.com/JacquelineSheehanAuthor. 

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required. This program is made possible by a gift made in memory of Tony Morgan. For more information about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 130.