Create Amazing Drama in Your Fiction With the Three Character Rule
If you’re going to write short stories, it’s important to know what works. Whether you’ve hit the doldrums on a particular story or you’re not [Read More]
Character Development
Introducing Our Brand New Character Development Worksheet
I have just built a brand new, all inclusive character development worksheet that you can fill out here on the website then have a copy [Read More]
Creating Characters for Fictional Stories
INTRODUCTION: It requires skill, practice, and patience to develop realistic characters. It is equally difficult or almost impossible to craft a story without a living [Read More]
Does Your Plot Suit Your Characters And Vice-Versa?
Creative Writing Tips When an idea comes to us for a short story, we either think of a story line first or a character first. [Read More]
Essence Of Character: Seven Steps To Creating Characters That Write Themselves
Creating characters that are believable takes time and discipline. Creating dynamically real individuals and not imposing your own thoughts and impressions upon them is not [Read More]
How A City Can Be A Character In Your Novel
Can a city be a character in a book? Many years ago, in a writing class, I was told that I should try to make [Read More]
Three Ways to Discover Who Your Characters Really Are
Don’t “create” characters; get to know them instead. John Jamison has used the power of story in various roles—from pastor to brand development consultant—and he [Read More]
Character Arc Template: Building a Character Arc in 5 Steps
Writing character profiles and brainstorming main characters’ arcs helps establish story direction. A good character arc template includes facts about your characters’ goals, high points [Read More]
Connecting Readers with Your Characters
Last night, I bailed on a book. I’m not a quitter. Firmly, I held to the belief that by the time I got one-third of [Read More]
9 Useful Character Questionnaires For Writers
Writers want to create characters readers will remember. We want our readers to empathise with them and to be able to think about them as [Read More]
How to Write Cunning, Clever, and Crafty Characters
My NaNoWriMo novels are full of clever characters, which has baldly reminded me just how difficult it is to write crafty people. I can just [Read More]
10 Signs of Underdeveloped Characters in Your Novel
Another good indicator of undeveloped characters is when melodrama creeps into your writing. This is particularly noticeable in intense situations where the characters react as [Read More]
Without Characters You Have No Story
I’ve read a lot of books in my 64 years on this earth and I’m here to tell you, without strong characters you have no [Read More]