by Patricia Bradley, @PTBradley1 I don’t know about you, but I can’t start writing my story until I have a name for my main characters. Although I have thought about using …
Five Hacks to Bring Your Character to Life
By Janine Rosch, @janinerosche Maybe you’ve heard it: the tale of the dreaded “cardboard” character. There is nothing especially likable or unique about them. They are never embraced by the …
Brainstorming Strategy # 2: Villains
Have you ever known someone who would put you down in any way that they could? Then you have met with a villain. It is easy to think that a …
Ten Common Author Mistakes. #8
My Best Friend’s Wedding Neglecting to create dynamic secondary characters. Definition: Secondary characters are the protagonist, and the author’s best friend. A great story telling tool. They widen the stage, …
I’m Important Too! (the care and feeding of Secondary Characters!)
The use of Secondary Characters: I’m important too!! So, I’m sitting here at my husband’s office, mulling over today’s blog, and the front desk guy (a friend named …