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Great character chemistry begins with great characters. Those flabby Marty-Stu and Mary-Sue characters I mentioned above aren’t ever going to light up a scene no matter how many chemistry-clever tricks you pull. The foundation of good fictional relationships is good characters. This goes without...
I love that all of my info is in one spot and appreciate the organization. The bars on the side that show daily word count is great too. Pepper Basham Author, Loyally, Luke 50,000+ Total books sold Featured Book Beginning of Arrogance ...
You love to write and have been told you have a way with words. So you’ve decided to give writing a try—creative writing. Problem is, you’re finding it tougher than it looks. You may even have a great story idea, but you’re not sure how to turn it intosomething peopl...
Nikita has all the makings of a Mary Sue—an absurd wealth of beauty, a sharp tactical mind, bad ass martial arts skills, fluency in several languages, and genuinely a good heart—but the show recognized what makes a great character and instead made her three dimensional. For instance, Niki...
to be inspired by them. There’s sometimes a notion that these early works were less “mature”, full of shallow writing and tropes and loved only by the uncool nerds, and that their absence from modern bookstore shelves is not a great loss. “Not so!” sayeth the pulp revolution. “...
If the offense is too great, however, they will only grumpily proceed, annoyed that this or that piece of the story seems wrong. For example: Your story’s world seems to be fairly similar to ours, but somewhere in Chapter 2, with no prior warning, your main character kills a dragon...
Positive, Negative, and Flat Character Arcs Explained (Plus Examples) Feb 6, 2025 You’ve probably come across the idea of a “character arc” before now … but what is it, and why’s it called that? A character arc isn’t the same thing as your plot. It’s the progression of ...
While there, they are hunted by a variety of sharks, including hammerheads, cookiecutters and great whites; all sharks which would not ordinarily be found in a lake. When one of the sharks washes up on the sand, the group find a camera attached to the shark and come to the realisation...
Val’s growthas a character as she works her way through the plotis the story. Next week in part three of this series, we will take a closer look at Val and Kai Voss and see how their strengths and weaknesses drive and help create the overall arc of the plot. ...