Six Characters Who Should Have Died The Reaper should've been more aggressive in pursuing these characters. March 8, 2015August 1, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Steps for Adding Character Complexity How you can deepen your story's stars. February 6, 2015August 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Five Ways to Make Your Character Stand Out How your story's stars can stick in readers' minds. January 23, 2015August 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Six Emotional Motives for Your Characters How to give your protagonist a purpose they care about. January 16, 2015August 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Three Writing Exercises for Better Characters Use these tricks to deepen your story's stars. January 11, 2015August 3, 2021 by Dash Buck in Writing
Five Secondary Characters Who Deserve Their Own Stories These NPCs got stuck at second fiddle when they should've been concert master. January 10, 2015June 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Characters With Too Much Candy These protagonists needed to lay off the junk once in a while. December 20, 2014August 4, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Establishing Important Characters How to establish who's the star of the show—and stick to that promise. December 19, 2014August 4, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
The Three Traits of Annoying Characters Why some characters get on our nerves—and what you can do to avoid it. November 14, 2014August 4, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Storytelling
Five Villains Who Follow the Heroine’s Journey These baddies transformed themselves throughout their stories—and made it believable. October 3, 2014August 6, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Storytelling
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. August 8, 2014August 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Five Psychopathic Characters There's no telling what these less-than-empathetic characters might do. July 18, 2014August 25, 2021 by David Mesick in Analysis
Episode 25: Parents as Characters Chris, Oren, and Mike discuss the depiction of parents in popular stories. July 6, 2014June 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Mike Hernandez
Drawing Character Inspiration From Game Mechanics How to use your RPG's premade system to create your next PC. July 5, 2014August 7, 2021 by Mike Hernandez in Roleplaying
Five Signs Your Character Is Fully Developed How to tell if your character is as deep as they appear. June 13, 2014August 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Distinguishing Characters in Dialogue How your story's stars can shine through their words. June 6, 2014August 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Six Types of Character Flaws How to put meaningful obstacles in your protagonist's path. May 30, 2014August 8, 2021 by David Mesick in Storytelling
Episode 21: Anti-Heroes Mike, Oren, and Chris are confounded by all-encompassing definition of anti-heroes on TV Tropes. May 11, 2014August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
Episode 19: Character Death Chris, Oren, and Mike discuss the great dilemma of whether or not to kill a character. April 13, 2014August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
Three Things That Will Make Your Characters Deeper Use these tips for making protagonists that your readers will want to read more of. March 29, 2014August 8, 2021 by David Mesick in Storytelling
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