Know your character

To be able to intrigue a reader, one of the most important things is to have great characters. Characters should live, feel, express, and act like real people to be seen as genuine. Therefore, it’s important to get to know your characters as much as possible to be able to portray them as genuinely a

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Answer all these questions and you should have a fully-developed character for your audience to connect with. A strong character can carry a weak plot; but a strong plot can't carry weak characters

Hypothetical questions enable us to think of ourselves in a tangible situation, which makes it easier to see exactly what we want. The same goes for asking questions to get to know our characters. When we first create them, we have a lot we need to ask them, and hypothetical questions make that easy!

GET TO KNOW YOUR CHARACTER. Some things to ask your character to prevent them being bland/2D

This character questionnaire will help you get to know your characters. Having a well developed character is essential to a well-written story. Get the full character questionnaire with 20 pages of questions to create the most realistic characters possible.

Sometimes, a character who feels compelled to cry may want to hold it in, either because they are afraid of what others would think, too proud to be seen crying, or because it isn’t socially acceptable in a particular setting. If you can show your readers how your character is fighting back tears, instead of simply telling them that, the scene will be much more emotionally charged. If you want to know how to do this well, read up on it in this article!

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If you're a writer, you know that creating well-rounded characters is essential for any successful story. But where do you start? Check out my article on how to create a detailed character outline spreadsheet to learn how. This article is full of tips on how to organize your character details into categories like identifying details, basic personal info, physical traits, personality traits, and even relationships and inventory. Let me know what character details you think I missed!

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Half the battle with backstory is knowing when to reveal it. If it's too early, readers will get bored. If it's too late, they'll get confused. So to make sure your character backstory hits the way it should, reveal it only once it affects your character's present life directly. Raise the question first and then provide the answer through backstory. #writers #write #writingtips #writinganovel #bookwriting #writinginspiration #thewriteen #characterdevelopment #creativewriting…

One MASSIVE Character Questionnaire. If you could sit down and have a conversation with your character and try to get to know them, what would you ask? We’ve...