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What Is a Foil Character? The Secret to Making Your Characters Shine
When you’re writing your novel, you want every element of your story to shine. You want your reader to close the last page remembering your characters, your plot, and your settings, and to think “Wow! That book had some really memorable characters!” And few ways are better at making your characters vibrant and distinct than…
Read MoreCharacter Empathy 101: 7 Techniques for Creating Empathetic Characters
Michael Hauge’s ‘Writing Screenplays that Sell’ The information and advice in this article are all based on ideas from Michael Hauge’s book Writing Screenplays that Sell. I highly recommend you buy that book and read it. As well as giving more detail about each of the ideas below, it covers many other areas relating to…
Read MoreWhat Is a Round Character?
What do people mean when they talk about Round Characters? We instinctively feel Round Characters must be good things to have in our novels, but what makes a Round Character different from a Flat Character? And where do Dynamic and Static characters fit in? Should all your characters be Round? How do you make them Round…
Read MoreWhat Your Character Wants Versus What They Need
We all want something. You’re probably already aware that the protagonist of your novel needs some kind of motivation – an objective (or several) to carry them through the story. But have you considered what they want versus what they need? (This can also be expressed as external versus internal motivation) In this article I…
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