How do you know when your character is three dimensional enough? What test do you apply to determine that your character is realistic, believable,...
I have started writing a story (hopefully a novel) and have had the plot in my mind as to what I want to happen. I originally planned the plot...
There already are threads about this I think, but something I'm curious about is this. Have you written a story where you started out with one...
Hi sorry i havent written on here for a while I've been quite busy. But I've got a quick question. When writting my first book would it be ok to...
There are characters I come across in books that are portrayed to be ''villains' 'punishers' like in the Bible where God is portrayed to be doing...
I'm stuck with a bizarre conundrum. Basically, trying to make a character deep, sympathetic, and also, scary. Now, it seems the rule with scary is...
The spice of life isn't the oregano you keep in your spice cabinet it's the sarcastic juicy characters that make the majority of fictions and...
What are your thoughts on beginning a story with your MC in some sort of tumultuous situation and then spending the next several chapters...
God day, I just wanted to introduce myself: I'm it Justin K. a passionate writer. I enjoy writing about bizarre scenarios that I stick normal...
Being a woman myself and just starting my writing career, I don't feel one-hundred percent comfortable in my abilities to write guys properly. I...
I've been developing (and re-doing as my idea changes) initial character profiles. There just notes and for the most part I feel I can jot them...
Hi guys. I'm planning a story which is foregrounded over the incident of a child killer who is himself a child, and one of my characters is a law...
'like father like son'? ? and 'like mother like daughter'? or Is it the other way, 'like father like daughter' and 'like mother like son'?...
) Do you reuse your characters once you have finished with them in one story? meaning Do you bring them back again in another story? and 2) Do...
I'm working on my novel and even though I desperately want to ge on with the action, I find myself writing page after page of dialogue. Most of...
If your story is set in a realistic setting, where do you set it? The location of the story invokes a different feel. For example, you'd expect a...
OK, rules are simple. Pick one of your main characters, pretend he/she is being interviewed, and get him/her to answer the following questions....
Hey guys, For a project I need to find a selection of books set in school, that focuses mainly on the relationships between the characters, but...
I am thinking of introducing two characters of the same in one story. for example instead fo having an MC /a main character I would have too...
I'm in the process of creating my characters and want to make sure I properly avoid making them mary sues or gary stus. Right now I'm...
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