Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 3 Dig up a goal to motivate your characters into action. They will have depth and your story will come alive. Delve into each character’s personality and ask about the hidden fears, secrets, and the values. Find out what makes them tick. Interview the characters you’ve created. Ask about their external […]
Writing Lesson 8 – What’s Inside Counts
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 2 One goal as a writer is to create characters that become like full-fledged humans living and moving inside your story world or setting. They possess the traits and beliefs expressed by people in everyday life. You don’t want them to appear like cardboard dolls you move around in the story. […]
Writing Lesson 3 – More than Skin Deep
September 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 1 Our first impression of a person may come from the way they look. We form an idea of who they are by their style of dress, hair, or the shoes on their feet. We size them up as a homeless person, businessman, common laborer, dumb, smart, fat, thin, wealthy, poor, […]