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How to create great characters
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Struggling to name your villain or anti-hero? This list of dark character names is the ultimate inspiration for creating unforgettable villainous fictional characters in horror, fantasy, or thrillers. You'll find tons of names that are organized into types of story characters, so you can find what you're looking for easily and quickly! Bookmark this pin to make your creative writing easier!

Names Villain

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Meaningful scene ideas for your next story ⋆ Protagonist Crafts

supporting characters

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Large Casts of Characters

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Likable Characters-How to?

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Are you writing sociopathic characters in your novel? Here are 10 words you can use.

Villain/Antagonist

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Read 5 tips on how to describe place and character.
Aug 4, 2019 - You can have the plot of a NY Times bestseller and prose of an 18th century poet, but without good characters, none of that matters. Which is why I’ve made this list!

Introducing the Character-Crucial

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Creating compelling writing tips content can be a creative journey. Ensuring your grammar, punctuation, and spelling are spot on is crucial in the editing and proofreading stages. Understanding the writing process and overcoming writer's block is vital for inspiration. Developing characters, structuring plots, and mastering storytelling techniques, point of view, and dialogue are essential for captivating narratives. Building conflict within a well-described setting requires careful revision.

Physical Description or Appearance

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How to name a character the right way ⋆ Protagonist Crafts
Looking for a unique name for an alien? Click to see this huge list of creative names that are perfect for an alien in a story, screenplay or comic book! Save this pin for when you're looking for names for the alien in your story! Lots of ideas for creative writers and storytellers.

Naming Characters

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Internal conflict is a major part of the development of a character and here is how you can create internal conflicts for characters. For more writing tips and tricks, check out https://www.zainahyousef.com
Conflict is the backbone of any good story. Learn how to craft an epic internal arc brimming with emotional consequences that will keep your readers hooked today!
Internal conflict is a major piece of developing and designing characters for stories and here is how you can create compelling and interesting internal conflicts for your characters to go through

Motivations/Internal/External Conflicts

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Emotion and Romance

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Creating interesting characters is definitely easier said than done. People are complicated, and trying to create characters that are convincingly realistic and fun to read can be a bit overwhelming. There are countless different factors that you need to consider when creating the character, but once you have a good character concept, you’ll also need to be able to write them well. If you want tips for how to make characters unique individuals, check out this article!

Complex Characters

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Traits

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Flaws

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Artful clothing description does make a character, a setting, and even a moment more engaging. It’s all in the craft. It’s good that you’re here to learn how to describe clothing in writing, because it’s a powerful tool. What your character wears reveals where they come from, how they rank in society, how they want to be perceived, and even how they feel about themselves.

Clothing

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Character development is essential to creating a story that will hold your reader’s attention until the satisfying end. If you know how to create a character your readers can’t get enough of, you have the secret sauce for writing a series of novels worthy of its own fandom. #writingtips #books #author

Character Arcs-change thru the story

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Relationships between characters

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Facial Descriptions/Descriptors

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How to Craft Your Protagonist’s Internal Growth: 9 Questions to Consider + a Free Download

Protagonist/Main Character

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A character's backstory doesn't just tell you where they're from, it indicates where they’re going and why. In this post, learn how to use backstory to create compelling character development.

Backstory for Characters

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How to Make a Character’s Death Heartbreaking (2019 edition) – writing like a boss

Death of your character

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Rulers

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The Sage/Mentor

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Need some words for describing Loneliness. Here are 10 you can use!
Are you writing a story, novel, or screenplay and need ideas for a character's death scene? Click to see my list of 137+ fictional character death ideas.

Pain

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What is every Myers-Briggs® type like when they are destructive and unhealthy? Find out in the evil versions of every Myers-Briggs® personality type. ENFJ, INFJ, ENFP, INFP, ENTJ, INTJ, ENTP, INTP, ISTJ, ISTP, ESTP, ESTJ, ISFP, ISTP, ESFP, ESTP
This personality type makes up more fictional villains than any other. Yet in real life, they're often do-gooders. Write them better with these tips.

MBTI Info

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Critical Thinking for Characters

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