Characters Who Don’t Change Prompt Characters Who Do
In a new post, Kristen Lamb says that characters who don't change can be a good influence on those who must.
Some characters never change....
Are You Showing Enough of Your Character’s Interior Life?
In a new blog post, Mary Carroll Moore offers advice on using interiority to your best advantage. "Interiority or 'internals' is a fancy way to...
To Plot or Pants Your Historical Novel?
In an article for Writer's Digest, Julia Brewer Daily says both plotting and pantsing help her maintain historical accuracy in her fiction and keep...
Scenes vs. Sequels: What’s a Good Balance?
In a guest post on Writers Helping Writers, Jami Gold explains the differences between scenes and their sequels.
According to Dwight Swain's Techniques of the...
Secondary Characters Need Agency Too
Supporting characters have a way of stealing scenes (and sometimes entire stories) from your main protagonist, but despite that possibility, writers should breath life...
Multiple POV Can Create Frameworks within Frameworks
In the latest episode of the Writing Excuses podcast, Peng Shepherd joins the hosts to explore ways in which the use of multiple point-of-view...
Hi, My Name Is…
Sometimes, our characters pop into life with the exact right name. Other times, we have only a vague idea what to call them and...
Creating Characters at Mach-IV
In a new post, Kristen Lamb takes a left turn at traditional "personality tests" to discuss how to discover what makes your characters tick....
Practice for Making Your Characters Distinct
In a new post, Mary Carroll Moore offers advice on making each of your story's characters distinct. "Developed characters, fictional or real, should be...
What’s Your Weapon of Opportunity?
In the latest in her series of Fight Write™ posts on the Writer's Digest blog, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch discusses weapons of...
