Brainstorming Motives for Murder

Join this interactive session that, overall, explores crafting a solid motive for character actions and creating motives for murder. We'll discuss a list of murderous motives and what kind of stories we've read that use these motives. We'll also begin individual brainstorms for the attendees next possible story using one of these motives in a short summary. Their takeaway is understanding the importance of having a motive that makes sense to the character and to leave the session with the beginnings of a possible new idea.

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Speaker(s)

• Yasmin Angoe

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