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...

This post continues my mini-series about how to introduce a character. I’ve already written about Exaggeration, Unusual Position and introdu...

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 ...

I’ve been reading Deborah Chester’s excellent book on Story Structure: The Fantasy Fiction Formula . Have you ever read any of the boo...

So far our story has set a fairly quick pace. We’ve introduced the setting and the protagonist. We’ve introduced the protagonist’s a...

Someone once said to me: The first few pages of a novel sell that novel, the ending of the novel sells the next novel. I believe t...