The Tool-Kit: Characters
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CHARACTERS: AN ITCH OF WRITING GUIDE : how to find them, how to develop them and everything else you need to think about. (£)
CHARACTERISATION-IN-ACTION : how to develop your characters-in-action and make sure their journey is really compelling.
GIVING YOUR CHARACTERS DEPTH : help if you've had feedback that your characters are a bit cardboard.
DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTERS : do you start from the inside (childhood, psychology) or the outside (clothes, body, possessions)?
HOW DO YOU MAKE A QUIET, HELPLESS CHARACTER GRIPPING : When the story is about a character finding their bold, brave, happy authentic self, how do you get readers to care about the scared, sad, masking person at the start?
WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES? :
SIX THINGS ABOUT DRESSING YOUR CHARACTERS : why clothes in fiction are so much more than (set)dressing. (£)
CONFESSORS & THERAPISTS AS LISTENERS : this post explores the pitfalls and opportunities of having a main character Tell All to their psychoanalyst - or their teddy bear.
WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL Part One: Character in Action
WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL Part Two: People in Pencil
