Great characters are the beating heart of every memorable book. Lori Freeland offers you how-to insights and amazing character descriptions examples.

Barbara Probst shares four key questions you can ask as you're writing to bring characters fully alive.

by Margie Lawson Don’t give readers a reason to take a mini-vacation from your page. That’s what happens when readers come across clichéd phrases or sentences they’ve read before. They know what’s coming. Their brain takes a break from your story. And for that fraction of a second they are sucked into the muck of […]

Eldred Bird Good stories are built around great characters. If readers don’t identify or sympathize with your protagonist, they’re not going to care enough to come on your character’s journey. We writers generally have a picture in mind when it comes to the characters in our books. We know what our heroes and villains look […]

Les Edgerton   “When we are told that a Handsome Prince went into a wood, we realize that we are that Handsome Prince. As soon as the prince is characterized, ‘A Handsome Blond Prince with a twinkle in his eye, and just the hint of a mustache on his upper lip…’ and if we lack […]