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Why Complete Character Charts?

Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Character charts are lists of questions that a fiction author must answer. It’s a good way to get to know their characters. The charts are the best way for an author to get to know the character and what makes…

Character Spirituality

Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

In the process of developing your characters, you should consider the character’s religion and spiritual leanings. Religion is important to a lot of people in this world and they may be readers. Religion can be a thorny issue. Now it…

Well Rounded Characters

Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

As readers we like our characters to be realistic. Authors need to add flaws and virtues to their characters in order to engage the reader with the story. We remember the characters who come alive best. Those characters have flaws.…

Tagged with: character development, character flaws, character strengths, character traits, characters
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques

Characters And Their Families

Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

As authors, we need to know everything about our characters. Most people have relationships and our characters should as well. How do your characters get on with their families? What kind of friends do they have? How do they react…

Characters at Work

Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

As authors, we want people to believe our characters are real. OK, not so much, but we do want them to be believable as people. People have jobs or careers. Our characters need jobs and careers as well. In life,…

Using An App to Create Characters

Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

There are no shortcuts in writing, but there are some jump starters. For writing itself there are prompts to catapult you into a piece. There are character development apps to help get you started with characters. These apps ask you…

Creating A Character Database

Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

I create characters for practice. I don’t throw them out, I keep them. I do short character charts on them in a word processor. Then I store them in a rough database. OK, I stick the documents in a folder…

Tagged with: Character, character development, characters, database, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques

Character Development

Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2018 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Characters are an important part of a story. All stories need them. The best characters are those who feel real. Readers connect better with characters who come across as real people than they do with paper dolls. Real people have…

Tagged with: character charts, character development, characters, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques

Your Character’s Financial Health

Posted on Saturday, April 7, 2018 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

In our discussion of character development, I talked about our characters’ fitness and health. you also have to consider that. Are your characters good with their money? Are they wealthy or do they live paycheck to paycheck? are they homeless,…

Tagged with: character development, characters, fiction, fictional, finance, Money, writing, Writing Techniques
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Your Character’s Health

Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2018 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Everyone has health, good or bad. Giving your character health concerns will make them more real to the reader. Unless your character is a whining hypochondriac, just mentioning their overall health now and then is sufficient. The trick is not…

Tagged with: Character, character development, characterization, characters, Characters health, writing
Posted in Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques