Last month, participant Melissa Rose told us about four ways to create stand-out character names. Today, she shares with us her three-step writing hack for unleashing the personalities of your characters on the page:
If you’re anything like me, you’re excited about NaNoWriMo, which is now only a week away! While it’s sometimes easy to get lost in the sheer joy of creating new scenes, plots and characters, it can also be a challenge to draft engaging, multifaceted characters when you’re focused on your word count.
As November rolls around, you’ll begin to see that the amount of effort you put into understanding your character’s personality determines how well your story will unfold. Your character’s personality is like a budding flower: the more you nurture it, the more it will blossom! So how do we create realistic and believable characters that jumpstart our story plots?
