Brilliant or Boring? How Do Your Characters Measure Up?
When critiquing manuscripts, I often wonder how much time writers spend thinking about the personality types of their characters. Because…
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Why Your Protagonist Should Have a Past “Wound”
Last week I introduce the idea that writers need to know some important things about their protagonist before starting to…
The First Thing You Should Know about Your Protagonist before You Start Writing
Most fiction writers know that character is at the heart of a story. Whether you are writing short or long…
Developing a Strong Novel Concept Starting with an Archetype
We’ve been starting to explore archetypes on Monday’s section on novel writing. I talked about some of the basic archetypes…
Questions to Help You Come Up with Archetypes and Character Arcs
Why would a writer plan to use archetypes when crafting a short story or a novel? Because archetypes bring tremendous…
Using Archetypes to Create Powerful Characters in Your Fiction
What makes great novels great, more than any other thing, is great characters. And while there are no simple instructions…
Asking “Why?” to Create Rich Characters for Your Novel
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at an excerpt from a previous post titled Why, Why, Why? I do a…
12 Questions to Ask Your Character about the Setting She Is In
On Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive Today’s post is from Settings in Your Novel…
How Writers Can Develop Emotional Connections between Reader and Hero
Today’s guest post is by Patrick Cole: When I first met Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities, I…
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