How do you describe characters without boring your reader? Here's how to write character descriptions: what to do, what NOT to do, and plenty of examples.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
Your protagonist has a character arc where they change (for better or worse) throughout the story. But what IS a character arc? That's what we unpack here.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
“Characterisation” is how we show, on the page, who our characters are.| Aliventures
Looking to pile on the suffering for your characters (or need ways to traumatize your OC)? Here's a list of all kinds of suffering, with tips and examples.| Aliventures | Making the most of your writing time
This post was first published in August 2015, and updated in April 2019. | Aliventures
This post was first published in April 2019 and updated in April 2022.| Aliventures
The stories that stick with me are ones where the characters feel like real people, with lives before the story begins … and lives that continue after the final page.| Aliventures