Character role

Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.

External conflict often plays a major role in genre fiction, forming the foundation for a story’s plot as the protagonist struggles to achieve their goal in the face of opposition. As such, many genre fiction writers spend a considerable amount of time developing their story’s plot arcs while givin

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (2005)

Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation

Compelling female characters are hard to write without getting stuck within the frames of stereotypical roles. Strong female characters don’t mean: Women who dislike shopping or hates wearing dresses. Women who dress like men and only have male friends. Women who get into physical fights an

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