Hello, I'm a first time writer. I have been reading some of the advice given to a few of the different blocks I seem to have and everything is...
I've been wanting to create a character first before the plot or even "the main idea" and get them in trouble and see what happens. I read...
The premise is simple. If your character were to die, what would the world say about them? Would they be praised? Ridiculed? Mocked? Maybe they...
One of my MCs gained powers from having the wolf spirit within him. Even though his ancestors were First Nation natives from Canada and had...
I am working on a story and I do not want to expose physical characteristics of the main character until my 3rd book in the series. I don't even...
So as my title states, I'm having issues coming up with believable wants/desires for my MC in my YA Fantasy WIP. For some context: She's a...
Not sure if this has been discussed already, but I awhile back I discovered a fun way to learn more about your characters. Go to the website:...
I've decided that it may help me with my WIP if I was to write outlines (it that's the proper term for it) for some of my characters. I took my MC...
I have several story ideas in the works, and one problem I keep running into is one character needing to explain a bunch of information without it...
In this post, I am going to use fake names for the characters as to not fully reveal any spoilers. So I am currently working on my third book, a...
I'm not sure if this has already been done, but I haven't seen it yet so I'm gonna pretend like it hasn't been. Me and my roommate came up with...
So I have been struggling with the ages of my MCs for a while now, and I am looking for some help... A large part of the problem is the age...
Excuse my poor choice of words, it's kinda hard to pull off in a simple sentence. What I'm trying to ask is, how do I pull off the death of a...
Hi, I'm writing a YA novel, and I've already developed my main character, and I'm currently developing her guardian, Vitaliy Ignatenko, a former...
Hey, all! In my story, a character is introduced and they have a prosthetic leg. They disappear and come back in later chapters after being...
Where do you start when developing a character? How do you make characters not sound the same, whether they be narrators, main characters;...
I've been trying to write an action/adventure/fantasy story for almost a year now, and I have restarted several times, but that's not important...
Something I've been wondering about for a bit. Working on my final battle scene (in which people will die! duh.) Also reflecting back on earlier...
Hi all, Just wondering as how do you define a character's personality? Do you use one character trait or multiple character traits? Thanks
So the character I'm writing about, his name is Etzeo. Etzeo is a male magic user, a mix of three of the races that hate eachother the most. RE's...
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