60 articles on "characters"

How to Create Incredible Characters Easily

How to Create Incredible Characters Easily by: Caterina Christakos Creating incredible characters can be easy if you know of a few simple rules: Each character should have his own voice. If your character is from Brooklyn, give him brooklyn ac...

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HOW DO I CHARACTERIZE MY STORY

Title: HOW DO I CHARACTERIZE MY STORY?Author: Arthur ZuluContact Author: mailto: controversialwriter@yahoo.comCopyright: Copyright © Arthur Zulu 2002Word Count: 716Web Address: http://www.1stbooks.com/bookview/10975Publishing Guidelines: Permiss...

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Character Development

How much character development you do really depends on your writing style. Personally, I do little or no character development. My characters, to varying degrees, are living full-blown in my mind. I may make a few quick notes, but not much more than...

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Review In 29 Steps Plus One

Review In 29 Steps Plus One by: Gianfranco Cazzaro - I just finished to read a book. A story for kids (yes, I like them), interesting, told with participation and sometimes irony. Which is the problem, then? Simple, if the author have been rea...

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Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution?

Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution? by: Nick Vernon Creative Writing Tips – For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things… Character Conflict Resolution What...

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Writing Stories

There's nothing like writing a story. It is a truly satisfying creative process. In order to write a story that people will enjoy. You need to understand the key elements that all good writers use in stories. In this article we will explore thes...

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The Magic Number

Having published a Newsletter for over 6 years we've learned afew "tricks". Probably the most important one is that peoplewant to get their information as quickly as possible. They arenot willing to wade through tomes of information, no matter h...

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Using the Life Cycle in Your Writing

Life is said to evolve in three stages. Creation, survival and destruction. Similar to the life cycle of birth, life, death, and resurrection, these cycles should be reflected in your writing. In the first part of a story, a character may be creatin...

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Develop a Kick-Ass Plot!

What is a plot?The dictionary definition of the word ‘plot’ relating to a story is:“The plan or main story of a literary work” [Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]So the plot then, is the planned storyline. Some writers fly by the seat of thei...

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How to Create Characters that will Make Your Readers Cheer

How to Create Characters that will Make Your Readers Cheer by: Caterina Christakos Imagine baking a chocolate cake with bakers chocolate and no sweetener. You would have a cake with no flavor, yet somehow manage to leave a nasty taste in your mo...

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