Friday, January 30, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘character development’
Another great exercise from Martha at the Plot Whisperer. Check this one out if you have an issue with your protagonist’s past, wants and needs. Fantastic stuff!
The only real antagonist is the protagonist herself.
1) Draw a bubble in the middle of a piece of paper. Write the protagonist’s deepest held belief, the one that prevents her from having that which she wants more than anything else in the world. Or do this exercise on yourself to determine what’s blocking you — I’m not good enough, I’m not smart enough, I don’t do enough — pick one, create one, we’ve all got them.
2) Spiraling out from the bubble, create other bubbles each with an…
Read Martha’s entire post (told you it was great stuff!):
A Tough Nut To Crack at The Plot Whisperer
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Happpy Writing!
Beth
Monday, December 8, 2008
Character Development Through Cosmo
Here’s an interesting article courtesy of Cosmo (&Yahoo) on how to interpret male body language. Aside from the general knowledge we chicks need to know, it’s also great stuff for when you’re trying to figure out how your hero is reacting to your heroine.
Dating 101: Decode His Body Language
Use this cheat sheet to observe couples in public to get a really vivid idea of how to translate it to the page. Good stuff!
Happy writing,
Beth
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)