Internal conflict is the inner battle within characters when they collide with external forces. Character emotion is one of the most important aspects of all fictional characters whether they're humanlike characters or animals like in the allegorical novella, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Emotions allow writers to impact their readers and cause them to feel something and relate and connect with their characters. There is a wide range of emotions characters can experience; b

Before writers write about their cast of characters, it can be extremely helpful to complete character interviews and backstories. Both...

One of the great pleasures of writing a book series is the different ways that writers can do them.

Writing a standalone novel is one thing, but completing a whole book series is another and much more challenging. On the flip side,...

Character arcs are important to show the internal, mental, emotional, and or spiritual development of characters in a story.

Character development is the internal and external transformation characters go through during and after the course of the story.

In my previous blog posts, I discussed nine generic types of characters and five common story characters in fiction, but what actually...

Within novels, other fiction books, and short stories, there are many different types of characters that have distinctive roles,...

Characters...they are the most popular story element and very important when it comes to creating a short story, novel, or play. After...

When it comes to writing short stories, books, or novels, there are three main parts: the beginning , the middle , and the ending. ...