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...

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

As you've probably guessed, no one quality or characteristic can make a character interesting. Jim Butcher puts it like this: While n...

Have you ever had the experience of suddenly seeing something everywhere after you begin studying it? Of having something 'on your mi...