Protagonists
Antagonists
Characters In General
- Describing Your Characters
- Discovering Your Characters
- Creating Characters
- Fleshing Out Flat Characters
- Understanding Characters
Character Arcs
Secondary Characters
Character Back Story
Flashbacks
CreatingConflict
Backstory
Finding aCritique Group
Writing aSynopsis
WordCount
Plotting In Layers
What Your QuerySays About Your Book
DescribingYour Characters
Point of View& Characters
The First250 Words
PassiveVoice
Is Your Writing
Getting Better?
Findingan Agent
Tips OnWriting Action
Nice WriterSyndrome?
Red Flag: WordsThat Are Trouble
Plotting
The FirstDraft
Edit -vs- Revise:Deathmatch!
Guest AuthorClaudia Gray
On Outlining
Guest AuthorKody Keplinger
On Dialog
Guest AuthorCynthia L. Smith
On Process
Guest AuthorK.A. Stewart
On Character
Guest AuthorJana DeLeon
On Pantsing
Guest AuthorHolly Cupala
On Writing Secrets
Guest AuthorNancy Holzner
On Dialog
Guest AuthorGini Koch
On Process
Guest AuthorVincent H O'Neil
On Research
OnlineResources
Books byJanice Hardy
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Developing Characters
Characters are the heart of your story. Without them, readers won't care about the fascinating world or thew intricate plot you've created. In this section, we'll talk about crafting protagonists readers will love, antagonists reader will love to hate, and how to deal with the common problems those characters bring with them. Like what to do with back story and flashbacks, how to handle infodumps, and how much you really need to develop secondary characters.
Protagonists
Antagonists
Characters In General
Character Arcs
Secondary Characters
Character Back Story
Flashbacks
Protagonists
Antagonists
Characters In General
Character Arcs
Secondary Characters
Character Back Story
Flashbacks
