YOU’VE GOT CHARACTER FLAWS, HOW DO YOU USE THEM?
carriejonesbooks If you checked out this post, you’ve spent some time figuring out your character’s flaws, and now it’s time to actually use those flaws to make a better novel. And…
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How to Give Your Characters Humanizing Flaws
I’m teaching a class over at the Writing Barn about character and we’re half-way in. I’ve talked about character motivation and goals, yearning, making them memorable, human worth, stakes, and…
How To Deal With Your Inner Critic So it Stops Sucking Out Your Soul
You suck. You will never be good at anything. Wow. You just equal ew. A lot of us have a critical inner voice. We might call it our internal editor…
What is a Character Arc?
This little baby (the character arc) is how your character evolves or doesn’t after she/they/he go after their yearnings and goals. It’s how they change during the story. Do they…
Dude, what’s a dynamic character?
Sadly, being quirky doesn't equal dynamic.