How do you create characters readers truly believe in — and grow them across a story? In this community panel episode of The Fantasy Writers' Toolshed, award-winning author Karen Heuler joins Richie Billing and the writing community for a deep dive into character creation and development.

The whole conversation centres on characters: creating them, getting to know them, and growing them. Karen and the panel work through specific strategies for building characters from scratch, how to understand what your characters actually want, the often-overlooked role of side characters, and different approaches for developing and evolving your fictional people over the course of a story.

This episode explores questions like:

• How do you create a compelling character from scratch?
• How do ...