Category: character sketch

• Name That Character!

  This post was inspired by a post on the Second Wind Word Press page, by Pat Bertram.  In it, she talks about how a character name shows a lot about the character.  I started this as a comment to her, but it got too long, so I moved it here.  Dellani I believe a name tells […]

  dellanioakes

  November 24, 2008

  character, character names, character sketch, creating character, fiction, futuristic romance, meaning of names, romance, science fiction, Second Wind, writing, writing fiction

• Creating a Character Sketch

  Writers new and old sometimes have trouble finding a place to start. We are full of all kinds of ideas, and jot them down in an effort to keep track of them. Getting these ideas into a cohesive whole can be trying. As an A.P. English teacher, I had to take high school students into […]

  dellanioakes

  November 21, 2008

  character, character sketch, creating character, fiction, Second Wind, writing, writing fiction

  character creation, character sketch, characters, novel writing, writing, writing exercise, writing novels