Characters… you need good ones to make your novel stand out in the slush pile and the crowded publishing market. But how do you come up with a good character? The Character Creation Made Easy series will get you started.

We’ll cover these three steps:

Pick a Personality – How does your character normally act and react? There are six easy methods you can use to pick a personality for your character.

Muster a Motivation – What makes your character get out of bed in the morning? Why does he keep struggling in the face of many obstacles? There are five quick ways to determine a motivation for your character.

Acquire an Appearance – How does your character look? What does her apartment look like? What’s his dominant attitude toward the world? We have three ways to put some physical details to your character.

Oh sure, there’s a lot more to a great character than just personality, motivation and appearance. But you have to start somewhere. Putting together these three items for a character will give you a good start toward creating a three-dimensional character that will wow your readers.

Starting tomorrow, we’ll cover each of these methods to help you put together your characters quickly, so you can get into your story faster. Sign up for the RSS feed so you don’t miss a single day.

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