Whether your protagonist undergoes a Positive Change arc or a Negative Change arc, one way you can show how much they’ve changed is through the opening and ending lines of your novel.
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Character Questionnaire 8
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Here’s the third Character Questionnaire!
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Finding the right names for your characters is like finding the right titles for your stories. Sometimes it’s hard, other times it’s easy.
Your Protagonist’s Greatest Fear
What is your protagonist’s greatest fear? Is it a person? A place? A thing? Something that could happen to a loved one?
Your Character’s Backstory
How important, to both character and plot development, is your character’s backstory?
Getting To Know You – Romantic Relationships, Part 3
After Guy and Gal have met (Step 1) and made their first impression (Step 2), it’s time for them to start getting to know each other.
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First Impressions – Romantic Relationships, Part 2
As said last week, the first step to developing a romantic relationship always starts when Guy meets Gal and they leave an impression on each other.
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How Ethan Met Jenny – Romantic Relationships, Part 1
If you’re writing a romance, and you’ve never been in one yourself, then where will you start?
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Discovering Your Characters
How do you discover who your characters are? Do you already have them fully developed by the time you start writing about them? Or do you need to do a little sleuthing first?
