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Characterization Growth Hack: Make Characters “Personable”

Characterization Growth Hack: Make Characters “Personable”

by Kevin Tumlinson | Aug 24, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset

Characterization that captures the reader’s attention comes down to something I’ve learned from (of all things) marketing: Make the character personable. From a strictly dictionary definition, personable means having a pleasant appearance and manner...
Motivation: What Characters Really Want – Better Characterization, Part 4

Motivation: What Characters Really Want – Better Characterization, Part 4

by Kevin Tumlinson | Mar 1, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset

Throughout this series we’ve covered a variety of ways to build a better character using their actions, their dialogue, even their senses. We can add rich depth to our characters with these tools, elevating them from two-dimensional constructs to three-dimensional...
Sensory Perception – Better Characterization, Part 3

Sensory Perception – Better Characterization, Part 3

by Kevin Tumlinson | Feb 22, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset

In the real world, we tend to only notice the input of our senses when something is wrong. Typically our sensory perception is passive. Our eyes, ears, nose, and skin are always feeding our brains some sort of signal, but that input isn’t always at our top level of...
Character Action: Show & Tell – Better Characterization, Part 2

Character Action: Show & Tell – Better Characterization, Part 2

by Kevin Tumlinson | Feb 15, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset

When it comes to character action, the old advice is still the best advice: Show, don’t tell. If you haven’t heard that from a creative writing course, or every writing craft book ever, you’ve probably heard it as sage internet wisdom. Heed it well, dear writer,...
Protagonists and Point of View – Better Characterization Part 1

Protagonists and Point of View – Better Characterization Part 1

by Kevin Tumlinson | Feb 8, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset

Characterization is one of those essential pieces of writer’s craft—the sort of thing that’s difficult but crucial to master. You can have a profound plot, but without good characters driving it, the thing goes nowhere. Likewise, if you happen to be a discovery...
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