So recently I started reading a truly awesome comic called the Runaways. It's a great series with a wonderful cast of characters. One in...
It was in 1983, in Santa Cruz, California, I walked into a used bookstore, looking for something new. I had been a reader of sci-fi/fantasy;...
The issue is simple enough, I’m concerned my main character will be despised by the reader and they won’t be able to read my work because of their...
I did. And I think it is because I found Frodo extremely boring. There were some good parts here and there, but Tolkien seemed to ramble on...
Okay, I'm pretty sure I'm on taking a good approach with a character who dies at the start of a tale I am writing, but I thought I'd seek out...
In the opening... Show us your main characters, or at least foreshadow them: We might see your heroine's mother getting married, for example. Or...
Think of this as both an experiment and an exercise. Just off the top of your head create a character. Don't look at anyone else's until after...
Separate names with a comma.
