by jenna mcrae | Feb 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Creating Your Story’s Protagonist 26 February 2022 by Jenna McRae It’s time to create the most important character in your book: the protagonist. This character will need to be interesting — and human — enough to make your reader curious about and feel...
by jenna mcrae | Aug 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Four POVsin Writing August 2, 2021 by Jenna McRae The angle you tell your story from will greatly influence its tone and the overall reading experience. For this reason, it’s important to choose the most suitable point of view for your narrative. The...
by jenna mcrae | Jul 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Creating Your Story’sAntagonist July 7, 2021 by Jenna McRae Antagonists are some of the hardest characters to create, as their evil deeds need to have motives that makes sense, along with their more cynical worldview. Antagonists who are evil for the sake of...
by jenna mcrae | Jun 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Creating Unique Voices, Mannerisms, and Appearances for Your Characters June 17, 2021 by Jenna McRae In the previous parts, we covered how to create distinguishable personalities for your fictional characters. This included their family origins, environments,...
by jenna mcrae | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Creating Unique Personalities for Your Characters Part 2 Interests, Traits, Flaws, & Motives Motives April 5, 2021 by Jenna McRae In part 1 we covered the why of your characters’ personalities, now it’s time to cover the what. When determining and defining...
by jenna mcrae | Mar 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Creating Unique Personalities for Your Characters Origins, Environment, & Predispositions March 4, 2021 by Jenna McRae Time and time again I’ve heard readers complain about the boring “blank slate” protagonist, apparently deliberately designed to be dull so the...
