Tag: #character
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50 Questions To Ask Your Character
To write a character well you’ll need to know everything that there is to know about said character, even before you start writing your first scene. Alongside your character’s general physical description, you’ll need to know their beliefs, values, desires, secrets, psychological state, personal relationships, etc.
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Character Tropes: What Are They and How Can You Use Them Effectively
Character tropes are popular patterns used in storytelling to create and develop characters that are restricted by culture and time. Character tropes follow a specific predictable pattern, which is so familiar that it often reduces the level of suspense in a story or gives readers exactly what they are looking for.
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6 Ways to Create Complex Characters
Complex characters are the driving force behind your plot. According to F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Character is plot, plot is character.” Therefore, if your readers are unable to empathize with or even care about your characters, then they will not care about what happens to them.
