Monday, July 11, 2011

Writing Craft: Rounding Out Your Characters, Part Five

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And now back to our regularly scheduled Monday programming.

So far, we've covered rounding out our characters by:

But I'm no expert, and I'm sure there are a bazillion ways to round out characters that I haven't thought of or tried. So, what's one way you like to round out your characters? Maybe we can all pick up some new tips from each other.

Happy Monday!

3 comments:

  1. Great tips. How about a weakness that relates to their plot structure.

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  2. Hmm. One thing for me is how each character reacts differently to each other character. Especially in dialogue.

    How they might answer one person directly, but ignore or ever interrupt another.

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  3. This is a great list! I think vulnerability is an important character trait as well.

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