My protagonist is Andrew Shalev. Andrew means 'strong man', and Shalev means 'combiner' in Hebrew since his purpose is to unit the Color Realms...
Do you have one line or scene that tells the reader exactly what they can expect from a character? The minute they read it they can go 'Oh, this...
I am reading a book "The Power of Film" by Suber, Howard. In that he says, "In a great many films, most of the characterization occurs in the...
Hi (first post here), I have a good idea for the protagonist in my head. I know their personality traits, likes, dislikes, appearance, etc., but...
I'm trying to create and alignment chart to get a feel of all the various characters I have created and where they lie to better my...
In the story I'm currently working on, I have two first person narrators who are both very much interested in the people around them. This said,...
Usually I only ask for advice on fashion, or I post things that I think are interesting questions but about which I'm not actively seeking...
I haven't come to on the forums to play lately, being tied up trying to get my novel's cover just right. So tonight I'm working on the cover...
So I just finished watching a series this week. It was an adaptation of a novel. Detective fiction. So the MC (the sleuth) is a professor in IT....
I'm not a very experienced writer, but I kind of understand how to do characterization, where you write about what your character does instead of...
I'm looking for a good resource text on mastering character voice. I've got many young adults in my WIP and I want all of their voices to be...
I find one way I fashion the characters in my story is to listen to music that gives off the same kind of vibe. Like say for example you take a...
Ok, I need help on labeling something. I think. I don't know the words, they fail me. I have this character(Kerrin). She is kind of fucked up....
In the process of revising my old romance-thriller novella I've completed the re-write to a little past the point where my protagonists confess...
I'm going to have two main characters who will be a sort of contrast, or foil I guess, to each other. The one I'm worried about is going to be an...
So I'm a new novelist, meaning I just finished the first draft of my first novel (58,000 words), but it's far from being complete. I still need to...
I'm working on a short story (no more than 25 pages), and it revolves around specific character traits of my 4 main characters. To really show...
Even the most interesting, thought out, and well-written of characters shouldn't be the sole focus of a story. This is because each character has...
I'm currently working on a series (3) of books that is centered around a female warrior as its protagonist. The problem is that although she isn't...
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