POV, Characterization, Emotions, Reactions

Create a Fascinating, Believable Antagonist, by Jodie Renner, Mar. 9, 2015

Make Sure Your Characters Act in Character, by Jodie Renner, Feb. 23, 2015

POV 103 – Engage Your Readers with Deep Point of View, by Jodie Renner, Sept. 22, 2014

POV 102 – How to Avoid Head-Hopping, by Jodie Renner, Sept. 8, 2014

POV 101 – Get into Your Protagonist’s Head and Stay There (for most of the novel), by Jodie Renner, Aug. 25, 2014

Tips for Loosening up Your Writing, by Jodie Renner, May 5, 2014

Using Thought-Reactions to Add Attitude & Immediacy, by Jodie Renner, Dec. 16, 2013

10 Ways to Add Depth to Your Scenes, by Jodie Renner, Dec. 2, 2013

Don’t Stop the Story to Introduce Each Character, by Jodie Renner, Nov. 18, 2013

Juice Up Your Characters With Inner Conflict, by James Scott Bell, Nov 17, 2013

Got Theme? By Kathryn Lilley, Nov 05, 2013

Immerse Your Readers with Sensory Details, by Jodie Renner, Oct 21, 2013

Don’t Let Your Characters Act Like Idiots, by James Scott Bell, Sep 01, 2013

Show Your Characters’ Reactions to Bring Them Alive, by Jodie Renner, Oct 02, 2013

You Made Me A Criminal, by Simon Wood, Jul 29, 2013

Cardboard men and the women who love them, by P.J.Parrish, Aug 20, 2013

Write Who You Know (?), by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Jun 17, 2013

Let Your Characters Live and Breathe, by James Scott Bell, Mar 31, 2013

Keeping your reader on a need-to-know basis, by Joe Moore, Mar 20, 2013

Killing off good characters, by P.J. Parrish, Mar 19, 2013

Death Wish motivation, by Joe Moore, Jan 23, 2013

Five Key Ways to Make Your Characters Memorable, by Jordan Dane, Sep 13, 2012

Reader Friday: How Do You Create Characters? Nov 30, 2012

Reader Friday: Your Favorite Minor Characters, Nov 23, 2012

Going Deeper With a Series Character, by James Scott Bell, Feb 19, 2012

Unpleasant Characters, by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Feb 13, 2012

Choosing the Best Point of View, by John Gilstrap, Jan 13, 2012

Real-Life Characters, by Nancy J. Cohen, Dec 07, 2011

Characters as Movie Stars, by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Aug 01, 2011

The Defining Scene – Character Intros, by Jordan Dane, May 4, 2011

Blind Baby Raised by Worms, by Joe Moore, May 4, 2011

Can Your Character Go the Distance? By Jordan Dane, Dec 15, 2010

Letting Action Define Your Characters, by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Nov 22, 2010

Faceless Characters, by John Gilstrap, Sep 10, 2010

A Cast of Thousands, by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, May 10, 2010

How fresh are your second bananas? By Kathryn Lilley, Sep 28, 2009

Creating Characters that Jump Off the Page, by Robert Gregory Browne, Mar 15, 2009

Developing a theme through characters, by Kathryn Lilley, Apr 20, 2009

New Characters Wanted, by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Mar 15, 2009

Bringing Characters To Life, by John Ramsey Miller, Feb 20, 2009

Getting Inside a Character’s Head, by Clare Langley-Hawthorne, Mar 01, 2009

Character Motivation Redux, by John Gilstrap, Sep 12, 2008

Real-Life Villains Translate Into Great Fictional Characters, by John Ramsey Miller, Aug 22, 2008