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Fully Develop Major Characters As I’m working on this new story and new characters, I have to remind myself to work on the major characters in a different way than the minors. Major character need full development, especially of an inner journey. There needs to be distinctive steps on that journey and each step needs [...]
I’m worried. :-/ Are my characters boring? One-Note Characters One common difficulty is to create characters with a wide range of emotions. Yes, your character may be chronically sad or mad; but
Shh! Don’t tell anyone else, but my character just told me a secret. Great Way to Find Unusual Secrets One common complaint about a first draft is that the characterization needs to be deeper. In Sol Stein’s book, Stein on Writing, Chapter 16 talks about the secret snapshot technique. Stein recommends that you think about [...]
Your Character’s Physical Characteristics: Go for the unexpected, the contrast. Follow Crutcher’s lead and think of the roles, jobs, expectations for your character and think about going for the opposite in physical characteristics. Villains are beautiful and heroes are ugly.
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