Six Characters Who Should Have Died
The Reaper should've been more aggressive in pursuing these characters.
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Five Steps for Adding Character Complexity
How you can deepen your story's stars.
Five Ways to Make Your Character Stand Out
How your story's stars can stick in readers' minds.
Six Emotional Motives for Your Characters
How to give your protagonist a purpose they care about.
Three Writing Exercises for Better Characters
Use these tricks to deepen your story's stars.
Five Secondary Characters Who Deserve Their Own Stories
These NPCs got stuck at second fiddle when they should've been concert master.
Five Characters With Too Much Candy
These protagonists needed to lay off the junk once in a while.
Establishing Important Characters
How to establish who's the star of the show—and stick to that promise.
The Three Traits of Annoying Characters
Why some characters get on our nerves—and what you can do to avoid it.
Five Villains Who Follow the Heroine’s Journey
These baddies transformed themselves throughout their stories—and made it believable.
Staying in Your Character’s Shoes
How to tell when you're slipping out of your protagonist's perspective—and how to get back in.
Five Psychopathic Characters
There's no telling what these less-than-empathetic characters might do.
Episode 25: Parents as Characters
Chris, Oren, and Mike discuss the depiction of parents in popular stories.
Drawing Character Inspiration From Game Mechanics
How to use your RPG's premade system to create your next PC.
Five Signs Your Character Is Fully Developed
How to tell if your character is as deep as they appear.
Distinguishing Characters in Dialogue
How your story's stars can shine through their words.
Six Types of Character Flaws
How to put meaningful obstacles in your protagonist's path.
Episode 21: Anti-Heroes
Mike, Oren, and Chris are confounded by all-encompassing definition of anti-heroes on TV Tropes.
Episode 19: Character Death
Chris, Oren, and Mike discuss the great dilemma of whether or not to kill a character.
Three Things That Will Make Your Characters Deeper
Use these tips for making protagonists that your readers will want to read more of.
Oren Ashkenazi