Down and dirty character tricks

I don’t talk about craft much, but I’ve written over 40 novels, plus produced over 1,000 pages of comics, so I do understand a lot about story.

Hi,

I don’t talk about craft much, but I’ve written over 40 novels, plus produced over 1,000 pages of comics, and regularly work with publishing companies on either their books or mine, so I do understand a lot about story.

I have a few down and dirty methods I use to design characters in my own books, and these are also the ones I usually end up telling newer authors. Paid members also have access to my Write A Great Novel course, which has a lot more of my best tricks.

4 - Creating main characters and villains

5 - Making ancillary characters

6 - NPC vs. Boss

Before we get started, I wanted to mention that I mostly write fantasy, so these tips and tricks are specifically geared toward my experience writing action and adventure stories. However, I’ve used similar methods to write romance and other genres, too.

This was also designed for somebody writing western style stories and specifically from my experience as a screenwriter early in my career.

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