This workshop will help prepare you for Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month)by showing the various ways to make interesting heroes, flawed characters and bone chilling villains. We will also review the various connection and relationships that exist between hero and villain. This interactive workshop will look at various character archetypes and pitfalls. Our goal in the workshops will be for each participant to make a character that can be used in their November writing while avoiding the most common mistakes and pitfalls that happen to a writer's characters.