Creating Memorable Characters in Fiction
Creating memorable characters is a challenge. It is work to come up with compelling characters that interest the readers and fit the story. Fitting the story might seem like the…
Creating Characters
Building Characters by Brainstorming Character Bio Sheets Several methods to help you create characters Using interviewing to create fictional characters Basing Characters on Real People Twelve questions to ask when…
How to Create Fictional Characters Using Adversity
There are very few happy stories in the world. This is not to say that there aren’t happy endings, and that there aren’t happy characters, but very few stories revolve…
Mapping out your novel’s characters
In much the same way that you need to outline the action points in your plot, you should map out the relationships of your characters. Creating the backgrounds for your…
10 Days of Character Building: Building a Character Using Multiple Perspectives
This character-building idea turns the concept of the interview around. Instead of interviewing a character about themselves, you interview the other characters in your story about one particular character. This…
10 Days of Character Building: Defining Characters By Their Roles
One of your first considerations when creating a character should be the role you intend them to play in your story. Is the character a hero or a villain? If…
10 Days of Character Building: Biography
When you write a biography for a character, you discuss some of the major events and people that have shaped the life of the character up until the point at…
How good is your bad guy?
The hero is defined by the villain The NBC show Heroes has a lot of problems. It never quite lives up to its potential for a number of reasons. There…
Are Your Characters Well Spoken, or is it Just You?
How Articulate Are Your Characters? Most writers are articulate. Because they work with the written word on a daily or near-daily basis, and because they have a love of language,…
23 tips for creating characters
Are you looking to delve deeper into the characters you are writing about? Here are 23 tips for developing better characters for your stories. Brainstorm Sometimes the best first step…