The Essential Character Creation Blueprint and Workbook - Print

Create characters that readers obsess over. The kind that inspires artwork, cosplay, fanfic, and dreams about your next book.

You'll learn page-turning character development secrets such as:

📘 How to create memorable characters like a bestselling author--even if you're a brand-new writer. 

📘 A surprisingly simple method to make your characters more realistic. It only takes a few minutes to implement!

📘 How to tie character development to the plot to keep readers turning the page long after they should have gone to sleep.

📘 What most aspiring authors don't know about the role of relationships in character development.

📘 What NOT to waste time on when creating a character (some common advice will never make your characters realistic or likable).

📘 What every writer NEEDS to know about character arcs before they can write a story they'll be proud of.

📘 How to make every character unique and unforgettable from their first line.

📘 Easy ways to use psychology to create a protagonist that readers love (or a complex antagonist they love to hate).

The details:

• 80+ pages on character creation techniques and secrets—explained in simple, straightforward language with examples from popular fantasy and sci-fi franchises.
• 150 pages of worksheets to guide your character creation. It sounds like a lot, but we walk you through it.
• Built-in character bible to track and organize all your characters in one place. Never lose details and accidentally change your main character’s backstory halfway through your draft.
• Print version features a glossy cover, interior artwork, and lay-flat design for easy writing.

Topics covered to make your characters so real that they drive the story and you avoid writer’s block (just let your characters take the wheel):

• What makes a compelling character
• Where to start when creating a character
• Body, senses, and mind
• Traits and flaws
• Contradictions
• Social values and expectations
• Relationships
• Ethics
• Perspectives about the world
• Skills and knowledge
• Lies, truths, and ghosts
• Wants and needs
• Normal life
• Appearance and gestures
• Defining introductory moment

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NOTE: The interior is the same in all versions of the guide. The only difference is the covers.

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