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While that's obviously not how real-world rape works, the fantasy gives women -- often socially conditioned to repress sexual urges -- the freedom to explore what they like without the shame of being a "slut." Not to mention that when you write your own fanfiction, "You might write you...
Below, you'll find some fiction writing tips to help you create characters that come alive. At the bottom of the page, you'll also find more creative writing resources, including our free online writing courses. Are you losing your mind when a fictional character starts to seem real to ...
You can create alternate timelines and alternate universes, and you can even transport characters out of their universe to the past, present, or future. But these characters still need to be recognisable to fans of the original works. Fans will appreciate fan fiction that is authentic; they wil...
To make your character truly memorable, you’ll want to consider adding both these types of mannerisms to their behavioral repertoire. Anger shouldn’t look the same on everyone: someone might flare up like an inferno, going red in the face, while others turn icily polite, smiling insincerely...
Two real-world stories in particular inspired me to create Cate. One was The Psychopath Inside by the late James Fallon, a neuroscientist and psychiatry professor at the University of California, Irvine. He was surprised to discover that a PET scan image of his own brain looked just li...
Character change is triggered by an event. A big one. It doesn’t have to be “big” as in a death or massive explosion (but it definitely can be!). It can be something smaller, like hearing your friend’s parents are getting divorced or anticipating your oldest child's graduation from...
Create a character profile To make sure your fictional detective comes across as believable and with depth, it’s worth taking the time to create a thorough character profile using acharacter bio template. This will cover both physical, behavioral and psychological traits. ...
“As far as the storyline, I wanted to create that myself and when it came to everything that was his field of expertise, logging, farming. I would tell him, ‘this is what I need to do. How would you do it?’ As far as the arc of the character and the story, I bro...
My number-one goal as an author is to create a compelling character, one so amazing that readers will talk about him/her long after they have finished the book. So what makes for a compelling character? Look around you at the books you read, the shows you watch. Which characters draw ...