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Characterization, Showing vs. Telling
 By Melinda Evaul, on October 16th, 2009Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 2 One goal as a writer is to create characters that become like full-fledged humans living and moving inside your story world or setting. They possess the traits and beliefs expressed by people in everyday life. You don’t want them to appear like cardboard dolls you move around in the story. In the last [...] Characterization, Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Plotting
By Teri Dawn Smith, on October 9th, 2009The Hero’s Outer Journey A compelling hero takes two journeys in a story. The outer journey follows the plot line. It includes the goal, motivation and conflict we’ve already discussed. It begins with his goal and the steps he takes to reach that goal. Make sure you make the goal a seemingly impossible objective. A desire to [...] Characterization, Point of View
By Lynn Dean, on October 2nd, 2009Choose POV Characters to Make the Most of Conflict in a Story “It was a sunny day. Nothing happened.” Boring, right? Stories are about conflict. Unless your characters have obstacles to face, there’s just not much to tell. It stands to reason, then, that for maximum interest you’ll want to tell your story from the point of view of [...] Characterization
By Melinda Evaul, on September 11th, 2009Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 1 Our first impression of a person may come from the way they look. We form an idea of who they are by their style of dress, hair, or the shoes on their feet. We size them up as a homeless person, businessman, common laborer, dumb, smart, fat, thin, wealthy, poor, and a [...] |
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