Watch this excerpt from one of Locus Magazine Senior Editor Arley Sorg’s workshops for Reach Your Apex, “Getting Into Character.” Arley shares how sidekicks, collaborators, and other personalities can illuminate your main character in a powerful and elegant way.

Arley Sorg is an associate agent at kt literary. He is a two-time World Fantasy Award Finalist and a two-time Locus Award Finalist for his work as co-Editor-in-Chief at Fantasy Magazine. Arley is also a SFWA Solstice Award Recipient, a Space Cowboy Award Recipient, and a finalist for two Ignyte Awards. He is senior editor at Locus, associate editor at both Lightspeed & Nightmare, a columnist for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, an interviewer for Clarkesworld, and a book and film reviewer. Find him at arleysorg.com, his Twitter, Facebook, or Blue Sky.