Tag: drives your characters
How much physical description is enough when you create characters?
When you create characters, how far should you go to individualize their physical descriptions? What is absolutely necessary for the depiction?
Let Your Story Reveal Itself To You
Much of the joy and discovery of creative writing comes from the process itself. I'm finding inspiration and motivation from the very characters I've created.
Am I Really An Author?
Maybe that's part of the nagging sensation I'm fighting, that I'm not really an author. And until I finish my first book, I guess that's true. What makes an author? Having a great story to tell? Having the ability to craft the words and descriptions to make it come alive? Sure, that and a finished manuscript.
Develop Your Characters’ Goals And Discover Your Story
Understanding your hero’s goals will help you plan your plot line and develop the engaging, motivated characters your readers will love to follow. Here are three easy steps to get you on your way to developing your characters' goals.
What really motivates your characters?
To get to the heart of what drives your characters, you need to find out what’s most important to them. Here are three exercises to find out what values drive your characters.
