character

In my completed story, the narrator identifies themself as "A child", describing past events in a 1st-person PoV. The time distance between the narrator and the events in the story is unknown until later in the story, which is linked to one of the story's reveals. The child's speech and inner...

Make understandable misunderstandings happen, hook sentence at end of paragraph, and most importantly, personify abstract concepts. state the story idea in one sentence, two max. scene outline -each scene must move the story forward Dialogue: excites, has white spaces (no more than...

Useful tips. 1. “Instead of writing about a character, write from within the character. This means that every way the character describes the world must describe the character’s experience. You and I never walk into the same room as each other. We each see the room through the lens of our own...

New blog post by Vagabond Heart WTF, Will! parts 33 – 35 My book was looking ragged and my Kirk and Spock bookmarks were bent. But I was determined to push on, despite having never heard of a couple of these. And also unaware that the good, the bad, and the ugly were about to hit me full...

it's fascinating how this guy's choice of words creates character, stakes almost immediately and pulled me in. Did it work for you?

New blog post by Jake E – discussions in this thread, please --- I recently had a great movie night with my daughter. We made a fort (three kitchen chairs with a blanket thrown over the top and far too many stuffed toys to get comfortable), we made popcorn and a bowl of Skittles, and settled...

“Character IS plot. Character IS story.” Eleanor Perry

“The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.” Raymond Chandler

“Character is destiny. Change, growing from within and forced from without, is the mainspring of character development.” Rita Mae Brown

“A character has to be ignorant of the future, unsure about the past, and not at all sure what he’s supposed to be doing.” Anthony Burgess

Hi everyone, A little while ago, in another thread, I said this: To which, @KateESal replied with this: And I think you're right, Kate – it does look like an interesting discussion – hence this thread. And thanks for the idea. I hope you don't mind me running with it! :) I read mostly to be...