The end goal of character creation, the Holy Grail, is for your reader to feel empathy for your character.  Jim Butcher writes: “...if you c...

Introductions are important.  Do you remember the first time you introduced your Significant Other to a parent? There are few things in life...

Today I continue my series on how to create a memorable character.  In my last post ( How to Write a Genre Story: Character Introduction: Ex...

In a previous post, How to Write a Genre Story: Characters: An Introduction to Character Tags , I talked about why tags are important for ch...

What makes a character memorable? Deborah Chester writes in her article, Bonding with Your Characters : "We want readers to either love...

 Supporting Characters versus Main Characters We want some characters to be one-dimensional, characters such as the impatient pizza delivery...

( Note: I'm starting a series of interviews with other writers. If you would like to discuss being interviewed, please contact me on Twi...

Summary: Setting is an essential part of good writing because a well developed setting helps a writer show rather than tell. Each object in ...