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,…
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Characters at Work
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Using An App to Create Characters
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…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Creating A Character Database
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…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Character Development
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…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Writing Preparations
There are two aspects to the preparations for writing. One is physical. You can write if you are uncomfortable, but it is so much easier to write when you are comfortable. So you want your writing space to be comfortable,…
Tagged with: characters, Plot, plotting, prep, preparation, scene descriptions, scenes, sets, setting, world building, writing
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Your Character’s Financial Health
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,…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Your Character’s Health
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
Posted in Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
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