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Character Development

Hey again, As my title suggests I want to talk about character development. I feel that it is my weakest point at the moment, even though strong characters are what I value the most in stories. Therefore it would be greatly educative to read how you fine people approach the matter. I feel that I got...

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David S. Larson

Characters are what they do, what they say, and how the react and interact with the world around them -- that informs the viewer with everything they need to know but wanting more (as long as you don't do a dump all at once).

Pete Dowd

A professor of mine once wanted us to write the characters bio from birth to the moment the story starts but I always thought that was a bit much. My advice would be to just spend a lot of time with y...

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Phil Parker

This post is from eight years ago, but the challenge remains eternal.

Eric Christopherson

One day I will run into an old post here from years ago and argue with myself.

William Martell

Character and Story are connected and can not be pulled apart. So if you have a story, you also have your lead character.

Though this comes at it from the Character side, it illustrates the connectio...

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