2025-08-15 WWC Leading with Empathy

Join us at When Words Collide!

Friday, August 15
2:00 PM
Sheraton Cavalier, Calgary

Leading with Empathy: Writing Characters with Challenges

In this panel, authors will explore the art of writing characters with diverse needs and challenges, focusing on mental health, addiction, and other complex issues. The discussion will offer practical advice on how to develop multi-dimensional characters whose struggles resonate with readers while driving the story forward. Attendees will gain insights into how empathy, research, and personal experience can inform character development

Moderator: Susan Calder

Panelists: P.D. Workman, Elaine Lee, Miranda Newman

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