DATE  |  June 13, 2026
TIME  | 

  • 12:00 pm, Networking
  • 12:15 pm, Introductions & Incentives
  • around 12:30-12:45 pm, Business meeting (we are not sure how long Intro & Incentives will take)
  • 1:30 pm, Speaker on Zoom

LOCATION  |  Zoom and Dublin Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Room 2, 75 North High Street, Dublin, OH 43017

FACILITATOR  |  Juliette Hyland

TOPIC  | Crafting Characters to Root For

Characters are the lifeblood of story. The reason people read stories. Crafting a character people root for—a character readers remember years after the final page turn—comes down to making your character believable. But how? Through flaws, and in romance, through the believable and satisfying redemption arc your characters take on their journey to happily ever afters.

 

Attending Our Hybrid Meeting

Presentation is free for members and prospective members who have not yet visited for two complimentary meetings.

For those members who cannot join us in person, join us via Zoom. The password will be posted in the Central Ohio Fiction Writers Google Group, and on the Central Ohio Fiction Writers Facebook page.

If you are not a COFW member and wish to attend this presentation via Zoom, email cofwpresident@gmail.com.

 

About Our Speaker

Juliette Hyland has written more than twenty-five books for Harlequin/Mills & Boon, Imprints of Harper Collins. She’s given workshops around the country, in person and via Zoom, on writing craft. Her favorite topic of all time is writing tropes – she always finds ways to sneak it into conversations. Her favorite question for authors – why?