153 articles on "character"

Can Your Theme Be Proved In Your Story

Creative Writing Tips –Your theme has to be something you can prove in your story - It doesn’t have to be a universal truth. This means that your theme doesn’t have to be something that happens in real life all the time (providing our logic can...

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WARMING UP TEN EXERCISES FOR FICTION WRITERS

Would you expect to wake up one morning and successfully run a marathon without any preparation? Would you think it reasonable to sit before a piano andwith little or no practiceplay a concerto? Probably not. Why, then, do so many people seem surpris...

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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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Put Order and Information into File Names

Put Order and Information into File Names by: Mark Meshulam Unless you place your faith in internal search engine software or document databases to track your work, consider a relatively low-tech enhancement to your work methods. I promise it wi...

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Four Tips For A Spell-binding Beginning

Well of course your whole book is important. But what makes the beginning more important than the rest of it? That's where you catch the reader's attention. The first few pages of the book must hook your reader, hold their interest and keep...

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So You Need Some Inspiration? Try Some RPC - Risk, Passion and Creativity!

You want to write. You really do. But the passion you feel never gets translated into actual writing. And if it does, it doesn't last very long. You run out of steam. There are reasons for this. First, you may be writing out of your conscious m...

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Email . . . Lookin' Good!

An often overlooked aspect of online marketing is theimportance of how your sales message is delivered. To saythis in a more direct way would be to say, "does your emailmessage arrive to the reader in a format that is easy toread, easy to understand,...

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Writing a Page Turner

What's going to happen next? You turn the pages as quickly as you can. Agitated, you read on, lured by the sense of dread that's pulsing through your veins. You don't realize it, but you're holding your breath. Something's go...

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Backstories Help You Write Three Dimensional Characters

Which is more important: a good plot or great characters? Whilst a humdinger of a plot will add zest to the story, it may all be wasted if your characters are flat and uninteresting. An excellent way to avoid this is to use backstories to make your c...

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Creating Characters For A Short Story

Ever marvelled at the great writers whose characters seem full of life and reality? There are so many aspects to creating a character the exercise can seem daunting, but by following this simple step-by-step formula, you can soon have your character ...

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