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...

Story Openings: Introducing a Main Character You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Today I want to talk about character ...

Characters--Homo Fictus--are the raw material from which stories are created, but who are these entities who populate our stories and how do...