The Importance of Creating a Rich History for Your Characters
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from popular past posts on Live Write Thrive. From History as Mystery:…
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7 Tips to Creating the Perfect Antihero
Today’s guest post is by Stephanie Norman: An antihero is the central protagonist in a literary piece, movie, or comic…
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Scene Structure: Understanding the Truth about Character Arcs
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from past posts on Live Write Thrive that tie in with…
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Scene Structure and Character Arc
Novels are about characters—characters who undergo significant change. Or, at least the protagonist should. A novel in which the protagonist…
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The Secret to Crafting Genuine Characters for Your Novel
Think about what makes you interested or drawn to certain people. What qualities of theirs pull you in? Is it…
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Add a Bit of Romance to Your Novel
There are three basic secondary character role types in novels, and we’ve looked at the first two: the nemesis or…
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Characters in Novels That Are Allies and Reflections
We’ve been looking at secondary characters in novels these past few weeks, and there is so much more to say…
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The Nemesis Character Type in Your Story
Novels need a cast of characters, and developing rich secondary characters is a pillar of novel construction that cannot be…
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The Cast of Characters in a Novel
Last week we started looking at secondary characters in a novel. I often see characters populating a story that seemed…
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