Today we’ll focus on your character’s speech and mannerisms. In past lessons, we’ve discussed external and internal goals, core values and conflicts, physical details, and personality traits. Another layer in a character’s personality is speech. Each layer adds depth and makes your reader feel as if they know this person. Readers sometimes see themselves in [...]
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Characterization, Dialogue, Language usage
 By Melinda Evaul, on February 19th, 2010Characterization, Goal, Motivation and Conflict
By Melinda Evaul, on January 15th, 2010Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 4 In my last post we explored Internal and External Goals. Each of us has things we value. It makes us ‘tick.’ We don’t always recognize, though, what our values or goals are. We roll on in life doing what we believe is right and never stop to ask why we act the way we [...] Characterization, Plotting
By Teri Dawn Smith, on December 11th, 2009Stories Start on the Brink of Change When you’re thinking about the characters for your story, choose ripe characters. Concoct a man who is on the brink of a choice. Or a woman who must make a moral decision, say between saving her job or exposing a lie. A ripe character stands on the precipice of [...] Characterization, Goal, Motivation and Conflict
By Melinda Evaul, on November 20th, 2009Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 3 Dig up a goal to motivate your characters into action. They will have depth and your story will come alive. Delve into each character’s personality and ask about the hidden fears, secrets, and the values. Find out what makes them tick. Interview the characters you’ve created. Ask about their external goals first. [...] Characterization, Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Plotting, Showing vs. Telling
By Teri Dawn Smith, on November 13th, 2009Creating Emotion in Writing Almost every writing class or craft book will tell you the same thing: fiction must create a compelling emotional experience. The problem is these teachers also let you know that if your character cries, the reader probably won’t. So how do you build this emotion? Simply writing highly emotional phrases such as her [...] |
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