Tag Archive | character development

Shifting Perspectives

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
A month into 2017 and I’ve just about quasi abandoned the 85K90 challenge. Well, not so much abandoned, but perhaps put the task on hiatus as the plotting and pondering of the overarching narrative structure and mixing and matching the character (and their exposition baggage)  relationships has…

What is a Criminal? A Guest Post by Mike Thomas, author of Ash and Bones

Antagonists Are People, Too

Antagonists Are People, Too

The Ultimate Character Questionnaire (156 questions)…

The Ultimate Character Questionnaire (156 questions)…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
This character questionnaire has been collated from a variety of sources. It has been split into categories to try to make it more manageable, but this categorisation is far from perfect and lots of the questions could probably be in more than one category. If…

Progress in the Writing Process

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Actual!writing has actually happened after months of plotting and pondering and pondering about the plotting. Though not that much actually writing has actually happened since the last blog entry, due to the few dormant land minds unexpectedly reactivating with a time sensitive detonator which could have spelled…

Words, Words, Words

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
It all comes down to words. Words dispensing dialogue and imparting information (the alliteration ailment returns) comprises the foundation of storytelling. Why it’s so challenging to string together enough words to create the story is a mystery in and of itself. Of course, the trick is to…

Q&A: Renee Knight

Q&A: Renee Knight

Different Paths, Different Outcomes

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Whilst wandering about in the Land of Exposition, head full of narrative arcs and characters, the single path upon which the journey has taken splinters off in three directions: There’s the path to the left – sunny and clear, with flowery meadows and a flock of ducks…

How to Make EVERY Page of Your Story Interesting

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Image by DonkeyHotey/Flickr CC Today I have another post from that kick@$$ writing teacher I’ve taken hostage *slides food through the slit in wall*.  Actually, Alex Limberg is a friend of mine and total rockstar and seriously, check out his free ebook about “44 Key Questions” to test your…

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