How I choose character names for my novels. #amwriting #characterdevelopment #storybible #TideHarborSuspense

http://tideharborsuspense.com/2023/08/24/character-names/

Could be a useful guide to character development?

A guide to choosing STEM majors - (including the choice between inflicting direct, immediate evil v slow, incipient evil)

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https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/110828740888574284

Have you ever considered using psychology or self-development books to craft interesting fictional characters? If you have a soft spot for morally gray characters that get under your skin, you need to read this article:
https://medium.com/@ancaantoci/raymond-reddington-a-masterclass-in-morally-gray-character-development-8a0c1ac472b8
#MorallyGrayCharacters #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #WritingTips #The48LawsOfPower #Reddington #CharacterDevelopment

Join our expert instructors in exploring a range of relationship arcs and interpersonal dynamics to create vivid narratives and character-driven plot lines.

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Join @writingtheother for Crafting Diverse Relationships: Family & Friends, Lovers & Life Partners, a class for diving into the heart of character relationship development no matter your genre.

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We love this essay by @charliejane because it's a key thing to consider when you craft marginalized characters. Marginalized people often DON'T have agency, especially in oppressive situations. Insisting on agency in characters erases lived experiences.

Read it here: https://buttondown.email/charliejane/archive/i-dont-talk-about-agency-in-writing-heres-what-i/

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Join @writingtheother for Crafting Diverse Relationships: Family & Friends, Lovers & Life Partners, a class for diving into the heart of character relationship development no matter your genre.

Piper J. Drake, Lauren Jankowski, and Jae Koyanagi will explore the richness of family bonds, lifelong partnerships, and the friendships that shape unforgettable narratives.

Register: https://writingtheother.com/diverse-relationships-2023/?utm_source=tempest&utm_medium=socials&utm_campaign=relationships2023

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Join our expert instructors in exploring a range of relationship arcs and interpersonal dynamics to create vivid narratives and character-driven plot lines.

In the Crafting Diverse Relationships class we'll dive deep into family and found family, platonic relationships and friendships, poly and interracial relationships, and how to recognize and challenge the Love Hierarchy.

https://writingtheother.com/diverse-relationships-2023/?utm_source=wto&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=relationships2023

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Our next class, Write Characters Your Readers Won't Forget with Stant Litore, consists of two webinars plus an optional workshop, where you'll learn how to create a character arc that will provide you with a potent tool for outlining and revision, then get hands-on help for refining it with pro authors!

Webinars: Jun 10 & 11
Workshop: Jun 25
Price: $100 – $350 (Scholarships avail!)

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#CharacterDevelopment in the purest sense is depicted. A character who has changed significantly in the gap between two stories hasn't developed: #AnakinSkywalker between #PhantomManace and #AttackOfTheClones, #LukeSkywalker between #ReturnOfTheJedi and #TheForceAwakens, #BeverlyCrusher between #Nemesis and #Picard. #StarWars #StarTrek

did not spend money on gacha tho! #characterdevelopment

@sethhalleway

3/ The scene in #StarWars #TheMandalorian immediately following the one I mentioned (about half-way in) has another good example, this one of #CharacterDevelopment.

[Spoiler free] Aside from the large group, Character A, who is trying to lead a mission & doubts they can do what needs to be done, ponders their task at hand. Character B gives them encouragement, by revealing why he has aligned with Char B.

In the process, we see not only Char A as more three-dimensional, but also learn about Char B's motivations for going on this mission in the first place, and for their recent previous unexpected actions in regard to Char A.

Give #characters time to ponder-- moments of self-doubt, introspection, reflection on past events, and strategizing for impending events.

You can use these "breather moments" between action scenes to focus on character building, #motivation, etc.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingAdvice #WritingTips #Backstory #Characterization #WritingCraft

Full post: https://griseart.org/diaries-of-an-elven-magus/

Hhraaathe, a prodigious sage and magus, roams across the lands, sharing his knowledge, skills and wisdom with all who would care to learn. In this story, he comes across a village of orcs, tall and proud warriors with an affinity for nature and, if rumours and dusty manuals about the topic hold true, a penchant for rampant sex and bloodlust. However, which of them is true, if any?

Among other things…

#story #characterdevelopment #romance #shota #futa #erotic

Fechayr is the sly and enigmatic leader of a gang of street thieves. A lover of history and literature, he tries to educate his young charges and improve their lives, including finding suitable housing for them.
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Image of Fechayr made using Picfinder AI and tweaked by me in Photoshop.
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#virianchronicler #vyrdigaanprophecies #silentorderofthieves #streetlife #thieves #characterart #characterdevelopment #thedonovandestiny #fantasybooks #picfinderai #aiart #fantasy

If you're looking for ways to develop more complex characters, Writer's Studio Corpus Christi is holding a free online class next Sat. March 18th.

https://mailchi.mp/f4509e18e501/c6iryu5j8s

#writingcommunity #writers #characterdevelopment #writingworkshops #writingclass #fictionwriting

This 2019 panel discussion with Neil Gaiman & David (McKinnon, I assume) on Good Omens includes these lovely insights about character development re: Crowley vs Aziraphale:

https://www.tumblr.com/fuckyeahgoodomens/710869990325338112/fuckyeahgoodomens-from-sxsw-2019-panel-neil

#CharacterDevelopment #GoodOmens #WritingCommunity

Nothing forms personalities more than the crucible of combat! #characterdevelopment

Just the #DMsTips
This can absolutely be verbal combat as well as physical combat! Both are fun and important!!! #ttrpg

Is there anything more satisfying than giving one of your partner’s annoying habits to the villain?

Aha, this character doesn’t put household items back where they belong, they are plainly the most evil person ever to exist in fiction.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CharacterDevelopment #PettyRevenge

@sarahjeannebrowne

With 5 storylines and multiple characters in each story it took time for them to bed in and find their way of being who they are, but they're there now, struggling against setbacks to get to where they want to be. I like that some secondary characters have become more rounded and are no longer just devices that help plot move forward - I think giving them more depth makes the world they're in all the richer.

#Writing #AmWriting #CharacterDevelopment

J’avais complètement oublié que j’avais particpé à ce #classproject de #JosephGordonLevitt sur #HitRecord en 2022. Du coup, hop, ça part sur #Patreon ! Venez découvrir le début de l’histoire potentielle de #Dante&Patience, un projet oublié que je suis contente d’avoir déterré !
https://www.patreon.com/posts/78069390?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
#ecriture #patreon #masterclass #atelier #dialogue #characterdevelopment #autriceindependante #autoédition