How to Create Incredible Characters Easily

Written by Caterina Christakos


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The lesson is know your characters. Know what makes them tick. Know what drives them wild and what drives them crazy. Know them as well as you know yourself otherwise your audience never will.

By creating a thorough outline on each characters before you begin writing,repparttar decisions are made for you. You will know your characters well enough to know what they would and wouldn't say and how they would say it. More importantly, your readers will believe in them and in you.



Caterina Christakos is the author of How to Write a Children's Book. For more writing tips go to:http://www.howtowriteachildrensbook.com


THE MYTHS OF WRITING: HAVE YOU BOUGHT INTO THESE?

Written by David B. Silva


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Our final common writing myth (though there is no shortage of such myths, we are limited by space):repparttar slower you write,repparttar 129227 more time you spend with each and every word,repparttar 129228 better your writing will be.

The catch to this one is simple: there's a time and place for writing, and there's a time and place for editing.

When you mixrepparttar 129229 two activities (which are very different in their requirements and purpose), you rarely do either one justice. If anything will suffer, it will be your writing. Because suddenly you'll be underrepparttar 129230 constraints ofrepparttar 129231 editor sitting on your shoulder. You'll be fretting overrepparttar 129232 words while losing perspective onrepparttar 129233 more important elements ofrepparttar 129234 story. Doesrepparttar 129235 scene work? Are your characters being true to their nature? Does this moverepparttar 129236 story forward?

The truth is this: your writing will ALWAYS be better when you write inrepparttar 129237 moment. Remember when you were a child? When you could spend hours building a sand castle or playing catch or flying a kite? Those were moments when nothing else inrepparttar 129238 world existed because you were completely absorbed inrepparttar 129239 activity. Write with that same captivation, as if each scene were unfolding right before your eyes, and you'll find your writing will not only be vivid and powerful, it will flow faster than you ever imagined possible.

Writing does not have to be a torturous, exacting process.

Allow yourself to have fun with it, and you'll be a better writer forrepparttar 129240 effort.

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Copyright 2003. All rights reserved. David B. Silva is a professional writer, editor and publisher. For a FREE mini-course onrepparttar 129241 best way to make writing that novel faster and easier, Click Here ==> mailto:easyway@thesuccessfulwriter.com?subject=TRAArticle

All rights reserved. David B. Silva is a professional writer, editor and publisher. For a FREE mini-course on the best way to make writing that novel faster and easier, Click Here ==> mailto:easyway@thesuccessfulwriter.com?subject=TRAArticle


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