Category: Characters
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How to create Antagonists? 5 Examples
Antagonists rhythm your Stories. If you can’t tell how your Story will end, start by creating your Antagonists. Antagonists create Issues & Crisis. They jumpstart the Story. As they rhythm the Story, you’ll need a Diversity of Antagonists. You can start with these 5 types: Likeable Gorgeous Hideous Annoying Nefarious Summary – 5 steps to…
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How to Evolve faster as a Storyteller?
How do you evolve fast? Identify your Main Weaknesses. Get better. And, in parallel, develop your Strengths. Experimentation must become an Habit. How so? Here’s a Process. Summary – 6 Steps to better Storytelling Write more Stories. End your Stories. Let your Worlds Unfold. Most of the Time, only hint. Have a Structure and then…
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Improvisation for Storyteller – Playing Multiple Characters
Characters are the foundation of your story. Creating them will be the most engaging task. So much so that an author may get trapped into the character creation’s process. Summary – How to play Multiple Characters? Create 6 Characters Give them Roles & Functions Give them converging Goals & Alignments Give them a Place to…
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Should you Kill Every Character?
Should you kill a Character? Why? Some Characters create issues. It may be voluntary. It may be accidental. Either way, as the main rule, high stakes create stark consequences. And in the aftermath a Character is going to blame another. And in most cases she will want Retribution. Summary – Should you kill Characters &…
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How do you make the Narrator a Character?
The Narrator can be a Character met in the Story, observing the Story, orienting the Story. Here’s a simple process on how to integrate her. Summary – 4 steps to an Integrated Narrator Define Who the Narrator is. What is her Relationships with the other Characters? What’s her Goal, other than narrating the Story? Why…