This past week I lead a discussion on LinkedIn. The topic was characters. “Where do your main characters come from?”
The most often cited method used to create characters included:people watching, a reflection of self, and family and friends. Some characters “just walked in,” and others were researched to the most minute detail. In each case the goal was always to create believable, full characters that leap off the page as story unfolds, whatever the genre.
Lillie Ammann, writer and editor has a done a great job discussing character development in her eight part series, Creating Fictional Characters. It’s worth checking out. Other resources you may find helpful include:
Holly Lisle’s, Character Workshop, and The Writer’s Resource, Motivation for Characters in Fiction.
Since last week I’ve given a second look to my own characters, making a few changes. The changes were improvements I think. However you choose to develop your characters, here’s to good, strong, full and believable characters that tell our story the way it was meant to be told.
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There’s more on my blog, enjoy. If you have specific questions, let me know.
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You realize so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that I actually would want to…HaHa).
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Candy, thank you so much for your kind comments! I’m honored you found my blog so helpful. And, please feel free to “argue;” I love a good debate. I look forward to hearing from you in the future.
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Sheila,
Thank you for highlighting my character development series and resources page. The backlinks led me to your blog.
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Lillie,
Thanks you so much. I’m glad you found me. I’ve just moved my blog to word press and it’s a work in progress. However, I found your blog most helpful in my journey as a new writer. Great stuff.
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