Posted on 06/27/2022 at 09:33 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
If you're a straight writer wanting to incorporate more — or more well-rounded — LGBTQ+ characters, get ready to take...
Posted on 06/22/2022 at 09:18 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
If you want to really tick off TV writer and novelist Joshua Senter, tell him that a character would never...
Posted on 06/10/2022 at 03:29 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Authors have a tongue-in-cheek bad reputation when it comes to their treatment of main characters. But suffering does, as it...
Posted on 06/09/2022 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Character-writing advice almost always includes reminders to (and advice on how to) portray them as complex, not one-dimensional. So villains...
Posted on 06/06/2022 at 09:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
It can be enough of a struggle to write a realistic-feeling human character, let alone a living being that doesn't...
Posted on 06/03/2022 at 11:02 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Matt Bird has spent considerable time in the storytelling world, from screenwriting and filmmaking to podcasting. His latest book shifts...
Posted on 05/27/2022 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
No one likes perfect people, in real life or in fiction. But how do you choose the type of flaw...
Posted on 05/26/2022 at 10:41 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Writer Unboxed shared two posts on villains in fiction earlier month. In some cases, you may want your reader to...
Posted on 05/25/2022 at 02:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Naming a character doesn't carry the same imminent pressure that naming a baby does. But it certainly carries a significant...
Posted on 05/10/2022 at 03:03 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
To say that every great novel needs a solid plot and story might sound repetitive. But to Heather Davis —...
