Unruly: Herding Cats and Reining in Octopi
The protagonist has gone quiet. The villain is making a case for kindness. The side character hasn’t shut up for three chapters. Have you ever had a character who won’t cooperate? If you have, you can relate. If you haven’t . . . saddle up. They’re coming for you.
This workshop provides tips for drawing out reluctant protagonists, managing multiple perspectives, and figuring out when you need to control your characters—and when to set them free.
Janice Lynn Mather
Writing & Book Camp Teen Workshop Leader
Janice Lynn Mather is a Bahamian-Canadian author with Jamaican roots. Her first novel Learning to Breathe was a Governor General’s Award finalist, a BC Book Prize finalist, and won the 2020 Joan F. Kaywell Books Save Lives Award. Her second novel Facing the Sun is an Amy Mathers Teen Book Award recipient. Her third teen novel Where Was Goodbye will be released in 2023. Janice has also written Uncertain Kin, a short story collection. She lives and writes in Tsawwassen.