Readers love a strong female character. Just remember you can be vulnerable, unreliable, uncertain, or even physically weak and still be a strong character.
Readers love a strong female character. Just remember you can be vulnerable, unreliable, uncertain, or even physically weak and still be a strong character.
There’s something about a great villain that can engage an audience, energize a book, and provide a satisfying source of conflict.
One way to create a memorable story is to take a minute to let your characters breathe. Build a scene where you exit the narrative structure and allow your readers to bond with the characters.
In dramatic writing, internal conflict is basically the darkest aspects of a character married to that individual’s greatest fears.
Discussions about structure tend to offer formulas, though formulas often lead to formulaic stories. But an understanding of narrative structure is important: you have to know the rules before you break them.
Creating a believable character for your story begins with an initial idea, but the process of developing her into a complex, real personality will require thought and research.
In your attempt to create characters your readers crave, these five steps can help you get to know and understand your players well enough to write living, breathing three-dimensional characters on the page.
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