Character relationships woven within fictional stories aren't always discussed among fiction writers, but they play a significant role in the story layout and plotline of plays, short stories, novels, or books. Just like people in real life, characters also form and build relationships among other characters in a story, which either help or hinder their story goals and inner transformation journeys during a storyline. Let's go over the four main relationship dynamics writers

Characters are complex fictional beings with different physical attributes, backstories, and emotional wounds, but one of the most overlooked ways to distinguish them is by character voice. Writers can get creative with how they present their characters and give them lifelike voices that will entertain readers. There are seven specific ways writers can show character voice, which include giving characters' accents, slang or jargon, diction or word choice, tone or volume, phra

Internal conflict is the inner battle within characters when they collide with external forces. Character emotion is one of the most important aspects of all fictional characters whether they're humanlike characters or animals like in the allegorical novella, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Emotions allow writers to impact their readers and cause them to feel something and relate and connect with their characters. There is a wide range of emotions characters can experience; b

Before writers write about their cast of characters, it can be extremely helpful to complete character interviews and backstories. Both...

One of the great pleasures of writing a book series is the different ways that writers can do them.

Writing a standalone novel is one thing, but completing a whole book series is another and much more challenging. On the flip side,...

Character arcs are important to show the internal, mental, emotional, and or spiritual development of characters in a story.

Character development is the internal and external transformation characters go through during and after the course of the story.

In my previous blog posts, I discussed nine generic types of characters and five common story characters in fiction, but what actually creates a character? What brings them to life off the page for readers and allows them to connect with them on a personal level? What are the things that make readers want to root for them, care for them, relate to them, or make them want to know what happens next in the following chapter? What makes realistic characters? Is it their physica

Within novels, other fiction books, and short stories, there are many different types of characters that have distinctive roles,...

Characters...they are the most popular story element and very important when it comes to creating a short story, novel, or play. After...

When it comes to writing short stories, books, or novels, there are three main parts: the beginning , the middle , and the ending. ...