by Martina Boone | Oct 23, 2012 | Imported from AYAP
Developing characters is hard. It’s also not a separate process from plotting. Plot and character feed off of each other in a tightening spiral until they become virtually inseparable. Why? Because what the character wants (her external goal) and what she needs... by Martina Boone | Jan 11, 2011 | Imported from AYAP
“Plot springs from character… I’ve always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what they’re about and what happens, and they need me to help get it down on paper because they don’t...
by Martina Boone | Sep 28, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
One of the first lessons a creative writer learns covers GMC: Goal, Motivation, Conflict. Without a viable GMC combination, it’s impossible to create characters that leap off the page and burn themselves into your heart, so GMC is at the core of every...
by Martina Boone | Jun 8, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
We all know that a novel is about conflict. No one wants to read about people living happily ever after–that’s why it isn’t in the fairy tales. But a good novel, a great novel, isn’t just one big conflict. It’s a series of tense... by Martina Boone | May 25, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
If you’ve been working through the character worksheet and following this series of posts, you now have novel-worthy, essential main characters, that epitomize specific characteristics enough to have legs. Now it’s time to get those characters...
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