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)?
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
