Remembering Character Archetype

What motivates you to change? Its not the same thing that motivates the main character in the story you are writing (or even telling); because, each dynamic character has his/her/(insert sci-fi/alien words, here) own motivations, internal struggles, external struggles (duck!), and hopefully, a very different catalyst encouraging - or insisting - a change. Some might wonder if books for kids require such protocol that adult fiction readers demand. The answer is, even more so. With the goddess of Hogwart's, Tolkien, E.B. White - and more - being the choices offered for kids to read, early chapter books on through YA had better be bringing a whole cast of characters into a believable, intriguing world or have a great grasp on this one and how kids attach to a main character (sympathy, understanding, likability ...). For this reason, the character archetype is a great bit of protocol to have a good handle on, or at least be able to reasonably decipher within your own writing and story. It also makes great fiction. So, here, I've remembered a trick a great author handed me from her very own bag - the Character Arc Worksheet. I don't have it any longer, but I did make a short video with tips on making your own.

Create a Character Arc Worksheet of Your Own



Here, I've sketched up a sample for you: Character Arc Worksheet - a starting place for you to tweak..

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And here, two authors discuss the concept of character archetype with easy-to-apply rules and tips.

Storymind: This is great for beginners and those who'd like a quick refresher because of annectdotal connections she makes with the viewer.

Writers Into Authors: Most Important Moment in your Character Arc.

The Five S's of a Sensible Storyline for Writing Fiction

Writing fiction is indeed a creative process. A process deciphered in endless terms and conditions with many books about elements, rules, guidelines, and advice to its craft.

Here, are five concepts which most writers already apply, however, a better understanding keeps the author in control and the writing intentional. Once defined and applied, these concepts arm the writing so that authors can choose to wield them (powerfully) or skip them (powerfully); employing them as decisively as plot and point-of-view, or not - your choice being deliberate. By learning these five writing concepts, you make choices in the writing which signify intent and command of your craft.  In children's fiction, you will most likely choose to use most of these concepts, but if you don't, knowing each concept before you skip

Famous Authors Who Broke Grammar Rules

Did you know..

Charles Dickens often ended sentences in prepositions?  He also wrote in run-on sentences - sometimes half the page in one sentence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, although a master at poetic prose, often had incomplete sentences in his writing.
E.E. Cummings often used lowercase rather than uppercase, especially with the 1 letter word, I.
William Faulkner had a 5 word chapter in The Light of August.
Jane Austen used double negatives.