A characters’ interiority is not only what they think or feel, but how. And it’s often the uncomfortable, embarrassing glimpses of a characters’ inner life that makes for the best interiority, the very kind that writers attempt to hide in themselves. With examples and writing exercises, this course will help you understand not only your characters interiority better but get it on the page in a way that’s unique and engaging, without weighing down your manuscript.
MICHELLE HOOVER has taught writing for more than 25 years and currently leads the GrubStreet Novel Incubator program, which she co-founded in 2011. Her students have signed 50+ book contracts. She is a 2014 NEA Fellow and has been a Writer-in-Residence at Brandeis University, a fellow at MacDowell, Bread Loaf, and Sewanee Writers Conferences, and a winner of the PEN/New England Discovery Award. Her debut, The Quickening, was a 2010 Massachusetts Book Award "Must Read," a finalist for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, and one of Susan Straight's 1001 "Library of America" Novels featured in the L.A. Times. Her second novel, Bottomland, was the 2017 All Iowa Reads selection and a 2016 Mass Book "Must Read." She is the creator of The 7am Novelist, the popular podcast and webinar series for writers. She is a native of Iowa and lives in Cyprus and Boston.
