Category: character
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Character Needs: The Need for Attention
I’m posting a series on character needs, extracted from Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. I’m starting with the need […]
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Character Fiction 101: Table of Contents
I’m working on an ebook, entitled Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. I plan to give the ebook away for […]
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What Is Character?
(I extracted this post from an upcoming free ebook Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories.) When I first started writing […]
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9 More Sources for Character Ideas
Ideas are a dime a dozen, which is no consolation when you just can’t seem to come up with that perfect idea that will pull […]
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How to Turn Character Ideas into Characters
They say ideas are a dime a dozen, even character ideas. Many experienced authors don’t even think about it anymore; they don’t remember when they […]
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How to Make a Character Sound Angry
The other day, my Little One and her friend were going over a story they were writing, when my ear caught a dialogue tag: “she […]
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“Aha!” Moments and Character “Change”
I love character stories. In fact, I rarely enjoy a story unless it has a character-driven component. So I was naturally surprised that I so […]
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How to Write a Character-Driven Flash Story Really Fast
A couple Fridays ago— This is just after my computer gave out, and I was behind schedule on everything. Come Friday morning, I had not […]
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10 Basic Character Needs
They say that effective story characters have problems, because problems mean conflict, and conflict makes for an interesting story. True enough. (See Wednesday’s post for […]
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