About the Course
Discover essential tools and insights for creating characters with breadth and depth—without exhausting yourself in the process.
With Integral Theory as the foundation, this self-paced masterclass lays the groundwork for Character Mapping's key components, including the System of Selves. Taught by creator Mariel Pastor, each module includes original meditations, guided exercises, worksheets, and character examples curated specifically for storytellers wanting a comprehensive psychological framework to inspire and support the creative act.
Whole-Person Approach to Character Building
Learn a system for building compelling characters that will be remembered—integrating their inner lives, outer behaviors, relational dynamics, and physical worlds into one coherent, dynamic, and believable whole.
Psychological Toolbox for Compelling Backstory
Fully embrace your characters, their contexts, and their motivations with expert instruction and a curated collection of contemporary resources and research. This is advance prep work to support your inspiration and to set your imagination free.
Tools to Nurture Your Own Artistic Health
To get deep characters, you have to do deep work. Here, you're invited to explore more of your own story alongside your character's. Gain clarity about if, when, and how to use yourself, without losing yourself, when doing character work.
