In order for your readers to like your book, you need to give them likable characters. Ones that they can identify with and care about. Here are some helpful hints on how to do just that.
Category Archives: Characterization
The Benefits of a Clueless Character
A great way to deal with providing your readers with much-needed information without info dumps and endless backstory.
Representation in Fiction: How to Write Characters Whose Experiences Are Outside of Your Own
Writing only what you know can be a very limiting dictate, especially when it comes to writing fiction. So much of what seeks to pour out of our brains is outside our experience. Award-winning writer Diana Pho suggests some tools to assist us in writing outside our experience(s) and doing it well.
The 10-Step Checklist to Writing an Above-Average Novel
Ten steps toward crafting your fiction to be a cut above the rest in your genre.
(Too) Close Third Person
Getting a little too close to the person in your third person POV can be problematic. Here are some tips on that and how to avoid it.
https://writerunboxed.com/2017/11/17/too-close-third-person/
Keep it Simple: Keys to Realistic Dialogue (Part II)
Cris Freese continues with the informative post from Eleanore D. Trupkiewicz, whose short story, “Poetry by Keats,” took home the grand prize in WD’s 14th Annual Short Short Story Competition.
Keep it Simple: Keys to Realistic Dialogue (Part I)
Cris Freese shares with us (via Writer’s Digest) some rules for keeping dialogue simple and realistic. It may not meet all the rules of grammar, but it does accurately reflect the things that people actually say.
Are You Overusing Passive Verbs?
Using active action verbs in your writing can bring your it to life so that it jumps off the page and your reader will have to follow suit to keep up.
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/are-you-overusing-passive-verbs/
Drawing An Emotional Reaction From Your Reader
It has been said that the easiest way to know you will get an emotional reaction from your reader is if you have one yourself from your writing. Here are some ways to ensure that happens.
http://writedivas.com/drawing-an-emotional-reaction-from-your-reader/
5 Ways to Successfully Start a Book With a Dream
Using a dream sequence to open your book can either be genius or disastrous. Here are some tips on how to pull it off brilliantly!!
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/start-a-book-with-a-dream/#
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