ONLINE Character Blueprint: Creating Cohesive Characters for All Genres
6 Weeks | Tuesdays | Begins January 20, 2026
9am-11am PT | 10am-12pm MT | 11am-1pm CT | 12pm-2pm ET | 1pm-3pm AT
Instructor: Juanita Rose Violini
MEMBER PRICE: $240.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $325.00
Build characters so real they walk off the page. When a character’s actions, thoughts, and dialogue line up with their personality and backstory, they feel authentic - and your readers trust you. When a character’s flaws and reactions hit close to home, readers relate, care about what happens and keep turning pages.
Most courses tell you what makes a three-dimensional character —in broad strokes. Character Blueprint shows you how , step by step. Based on DIAGRAM #1 of The Mystery Bones Method DIAGRAMS this course teaches four core attributes of character and how to expand them into everything you need to know: how they think, what they fear, how they dress and speak, and how they’ll act in any situation.
At the end, you’ll go away with a reusable quick-reference chart. No more flipping endlessly through scattered notes for that single detail - you’ll have one-page, with everything you need to know about the people in your story.
This class takes place online using Zoom.
Juanita Rose Violini has been creating interactive murder mystery entertainment for over 35 years. Her scripts—performed everywhere from luxury hotels in Canada to schools in Australia, wineries in Texas, and pubs in Great Britain—have been sold worldwide through MysteryFactory.com, especially popular for fundraisers, community theatre, and special events.
She is the creator of the Mystery Bones Method, a step-by-step plotting system that helps writers untangle complex stories using clear diagrams and a one-step-at-a-time approach. Juanita shares this in her books CLUETRAIL and The Mystery Bones Method DIAGRAMS, through online classes, and at writers’ festivals—her recent session Cluezilla vs The Red Herring explored the art of misdirection. She works as a plot consultant to to writers, screenwriters, game designers, and YouTubers worldwide.
Juanita is a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime (Canada West and International). She served as a judge for the 2025 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence and sits on the Bouchercon Calgary 2026 Anthology Committee.
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