9 Character Types to Use in Your Novel by DesdemonaDeBlake, literature
Literature
9 Character Types to Use in Your Novel
9 Character Types to Use in Your Novel
Anybody Can Write a Novel 2.0
Chapter 5 “Designing Characters” – Section 1 “Characters Types”
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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality”
-Walt Disney
Now that we've begun the process of giving depth, goals, and personality to our characters, we need to begin our look at what part they play in your central plot. Below, I've compiled a list of different character types to consider when p
How to Create an Outline for Your Novel by DesdemonaDeBlake, literature
Literature
How to Create an Outline for Your Novel
How to Create an Outline for Your Novel
Anybody Can Write a Novel 2.0
Chapter 4 “Preparing Your Plot” – Section 1 “The Outline”
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“Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out and clothe' your structure that makes each story unique.”
-Caroline Lawrence
Of all of the topics to discuss in writing a novel, none of them inspire quite so much ire as that of outlining your story. As artists, we sometimes want to believe in the concept of absolute freedom from form and conve
Anybody Can Write a Novel - Introduction by DesdemonaDeBlake, literature
Literature
Anybody Can Write a Novel - Introduction
Introduction to the New Tutorial
Anybody Can Write a Novel Version 2.0 Chapter 1 “Beginning to Write” – Section 1 “Introduction”
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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.”―Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Within the many styles of martial arts, there are powerful moves unique to each—whether it be footwork, punching, blocking, kicking, or the countless weapon styles among them. Yet none is objectively perfect, nor does any reach