Character development
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Five Ways To Give Your Characters Emotional Depth
Originally posted on K.M. Allan: Creating a character isn’t all physical description and heartbreaking backstory. Well, a lot of it is, but it’s not just that. You need to round out that tall, dark-haired beautiful orphan with some emotional depth. The kind that will keep your readers turning the page and recommending your stories. They’ll… Continue reading
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Using Triggers to Poke at a Character’s Emotional Wound
Very helpful information for crafting realistic characters using emotional triggers. Continue reading
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Realistic Character Changes
With the exception of books I read for review, during my regular reading times I have this bad habit of reading more than one book at a time. I’ll start reading a book and then stop and mark it off so I can go think about it. My intention is to come back after thinking… Continue reading
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Family Tree Chart: Character Development
So last week, in a post called 3 Reasons I am Not a Professional Author, I spoke about how I started using a Family Tree to build my characters. I do this using Microsoft Word which I am learning more and more about each day. Family Trees can also be done in Microsoft Power Point.… Continue reading
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Historical Fiction Without the Famous
Great advice on writing Historical Fiction. Continue reading
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