Tag Archives: Characters

Too Many Characteritis

Too many characteritis is a disease that each author must work their way through. You have a scene and you inject a character, maybe for comic relief, maybe for drama. They may be throw away or a character you plan … Continue reading

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CPGO: Step 3 – Characters

I start this step much as the last one, but this is not optional. I start entering characters into yWriter, starting with main and adding side characters next. The character file grows as the story grows, entering a new character … Continue reading

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Divorcing Yourself From Your Character

Well now, this is tricky. You’ve had something horrible happen to you…or maybe something great. And you’ve decided to turn it into a story. You fictionalize it, add some magic, some name changes and bam, you have… Crap. You do, … Continue reading

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