Have you asked yourself these questions about your latest work-in-progress? 1.) What does my protagonist want? Emotionally, what are they seeking? (Revenge, approval, etc.) Physically, what goal are they trying to achieve? (Finding a sacred stone, winning the science...
Struggling with character? Look at your major characters with the following in mind: – Is it clear what my protagonist and antagonist want emotionally and physically? – Do my character’s personality traits work with each other, or contradict each...
Okay, so everybody poops. And we all eat, breathe, fart (except women, according my mother), burp, blink, scratch, etc. But how do you integrate the facts of life with a character who does not, technically, need to eat or use the restroom? Eating Just like any scene...
From Tad Hills’s Duck and Goose to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling, ducks have been the star of many a beloved (and soon to be beloved) picture book. More than half the picture book manuscripts I’ve written star ducks, and I’m the...
How do you create multidimensional characters? Take a gander through some of these posts for help: Lillie Ammann gives an 8 part series on creating characters. (Great place to start if you’re beginning to write.) What Do Your Characters Want? by Nathan Bransford...
