characterization
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Workshops for Writers: Designing Characters
Characters fill our stories, and many writing instructors or teachers will say that characters are what drive a story and… Read More
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Write Better, Right Now: Dialogue as Exposition
Using character voice as exposition may seem like a simple technique, but more often than not, writers do this in… Read More
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Write Better, Right Now: Developing Our Characters’ Voices
Once you’ve found your character’s voice, how do you deepen it to make it memorable and engaging? This is the… Read More
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Write Better, Right Now: Physically Describing Our Characters
When we’re writing our stories, we make deliberate decisions related to not just the big story event elements but the… Read More
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Write Better, Right Now: Interior World of Characters
The interior world of characters or their interiority is an important part of characterization. It gives the reader insight into… Read More
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Write Better, Right Now: Character Action
How our characters move through our stories is just as important as who they are within our stories. In fact,… Read More
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Write Better, Right Now: Indirect and Direct Characterization
To kick our month of characterization off, I thought it’d be helpful to do our first topic on indirect and… Read More
