Giving birth to fictional characters 17 Articles

by Gurmeet Mattu

Epic characters remain in the mind long after the novel is put down. They must have qualities which raise them above the mundane, skills and abilities which ensure that their actions are not only heroic but memorably so...read more

by Jim Huckabee

Giving birth to fictional characters I have listened to the professors talk about how the characters in a story should be developed prior to the story lay out. While others say rules are made to be broken but learn the...read more

by Sara Srati

I've approached this from several different ways... sometimes, the character will come to mind first, and a story will spring up around them. Sometimes, the story comes first, and you have to create characters to fit into ...read more

by R.M. Ziegler

In her book, WRITING FICTION, Janet Burroway says about knowing what your characters want: "It is true in fiction, in order to engage our attention and sympathy, the central character must want and want intensely. The thi...read more

by Aleksandr Shneyder

Giving birth to fictional characters is very interesting process that should provide a lot of fun and unmemorable pleasure to the writer , who is busy with creating the fiction .This is cool process ,which can be very good...read more

by Joe Owens

I have been writing for over twenty years which allows me many opportunities to create fictional characters. These characters are what give the story a lot of its depth. We want to identify with the characters in a movie o...read more

by Mary Rose-Sellers

So, you've decided to write a book and you have to come up with a fictional character. How do you start? Is it enough to give your character a name? Then what? How are you aiming to draw your readers into the story, ca...read more

by Brian Balmer

I want to pass on a useful technique for creating "true-to-life" characters. Start by drawing a stick figure. (It doesn't matter if it is a representation of a male or female, the process is the same. I will use th...read more

by Guillermo Corona

Much like actual people, my characters are conceived over time. Most of them are just characteristics of people I know, the best parts molded into one character, the worse into another. But when dealing with a fictional ch...read more

by Jennifer Brinkle

As a writer it is not enough to simply create a character by offering him / her a name, occupation and face. As a writer you need to know this character better than you do yourself in order to properly represent them in y...read more

by David Patterson

A fictional character should represent some view point or ideal. It can also be used to represent some perceived evil in the world in an attempt to understand deeper motivations. A fictional character can be a beautiful th...read more

by Elizabeth Vaughn

Though it's easier to use real people as a basis for creating characters, I find it more creative to begin with the bare necessities. Is your character a man or a woman? What is the general storyline? If you are looking...read more

by Celise Colston

So you've got your plot outlined, a title lined up and the research is done. You're ready to start writing your novel. But wait. Now comes the fun part: creating names for your characters. One of the best things about bein...read more

by Simon Wright

Most fictional characters come about from a combination of 3 things, namely: 1) Outward observation. We observe people and their mannerisms, and use these real people as a starting point for creating a fictional charact...read more

by Nissa Annakindt

Must all your non-villain characters believe the way you do? If so, they are bound to fall a little flat. In 'That Hideous Strength' by Christian author C. S. Lewis, one of the protagonists is an atheist. He doesn't exi...read more

by peur evol

The best advice I've ever heard on this subject comes from Quentin Tarantino (by way of Robert Rodriguez in the director's commentary from ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO), "get the characters in a room and have them start ta...read more

by Sean Quinn

Where does the inspiration for a character come from? We can examine the people around us and wonder and dream about their lives or maybe we already know something about them and sketch them in a way so that they have r...read more