Knowing Your Characters Can Take A While

by | Feb 24, 2015 | Uncategorized

by Stephanie MorrillIn my experience, I can do the character worksheets. I can daydream the character’s backstory. I can pin images on my Pinterest boards. I can figure out my characters’ strengths, weaknesses, one-word descriptors, and growth words. But...

4 Tips for Writing Diverse Characters

by | Feb 3, 2015 | Uncategorized

Olivia Rivers is a Young Adult author who writes in multiple genres, ranging from Epic Fantasy to Contemporary Romance. She has a passion for diverse literature, and you’ll often find disabled main characters in her novels. Olivia is a certified neek (nerd/geek...

Creating Compelling Characters: Using Dialect

by | Aug 13, 2014 | Writing

Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms. She writes weird books for teens in lots of weird genres like, fantasy (Blood of Kings trilogy), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). Find Jill...

Creating Compelling Characters: Tags and Titles

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Writing

Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms. She writes weird books for teens in lots of weird genres like, fantasy (Blood of Kings trilogy), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). Find Jill...

How To Effectively Test Your Characters

by | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized

by Stephanie MorrillStephanie writes young adult contemporary novels and is the creator of GoTeenWriters.com. Her novels include The Reinvention of Skylar Hoyt series (Revell) and the Ellie Sweet books (Playlist). You can connect with her on Facebook, Twitter,...

Robert McKee on Characters

by | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized

I read this several years ago in Robert McKee’s classic Story and I’ve thought about it often. I had never thought of characters that way, but I find I agree. Because when a character resonates with me, it’s not just because they seem real....