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Ways to Know Your Characters, Part 5- Impact on Plot

Ellen Buikema — Wed, 08 May 2024 08:42:00 +0000

A character's impact on the plot involves all their traits. Background, personality, flaws, and strengths influence the plot and move the story forward.

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Writing How-to: Create Characters Your Readers Love and Hate

Lynette Burrows — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Want to know why readers put down your books? Lynette M. Burrows discusses six common character problems that make readers put books down and how to fix them.

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5 Conflict-making Choices Characters Can Make (Part Three)

Fae Rowen — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:00:47 +0000

The final post in this series will explore the ways your characters can be derailed by consumption and comfort. If you missed Part 1, which explored the need for control, you can read it here. If you missed Part 2, about conceit and coveting, you can find it here. As a reminder, while reading The […]

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5 Conflict-making Choices Characters Can Make

Fae Rowen — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:00:58 +0000

If you’ve been reading Writers in the Storm for any length of time, you know that I’m a proponent of using what you do—what happens to you, what you think and believe—in your writing. A year ago, I wrote about using your summer memories in your writing. Today I'm sharing one of my first summer […]

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You’re Driving Me Crazy!

Guest Blogger — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:00:49 +0000

Laurie Schnebly Campbell You’ve heard of the Myers-Briggs test, right? Maybe even taken it for school or work? Maybe even had one or two or 28 of your characters take it? No worries if you haven’t done any of that -- it’s a pretty simple concept, which goes all the way back to Aristotle. (Actually […]

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