How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters #1: Characterization Techniques in Action: V.E. Schwab
How to Create Vivid, Compelling Characters: In this video, Beth and Bonnie discuss two passages from V.E. Schwab’s A Gathering of Darkness to show how you can reveal character through relationship (and relationship reversal) and through discrepancies.
The transcript will be available soon.
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You all do such a wonderful job explaining and trying to be available to those of us who are at a loss with starting out. One of the worksheets I have been trying to find is ’10 questions to ask your characters’, and I can’t find it on any of the sites. Thanks so much for your help!
So glad to hear it, Helen! Here’s a list of questions to ask your characters: http://writersfunzone.com/blog/2019/03/27/character-development-for-nanowrimo-prep/.