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i am deciding to write a book, for young adult readers like me. i just need some websites that give tips and help with character development.
any ideas? oh...please no blogs, well, blog like sites.
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Cool, a new writer, good luck it's a lot of fun.
Remember though BEWARE OF SCAMS! DO NOT put your work out there on a site until you have fully researched it, if you're going to put your work out there. BE CAREFUL :)
THE WRITERS STORE (it is a store but it has SO many links that are great resource for writers)
A WRITERS GUIDE TO CHARACTER TRAITS 2nd EDITION (one of the best resources for characters that I have found, ever, very useful you can download this through ebooke.org through Megaupload, just check and you will find a downloadable version)
Writers Digest has over 101 useful sites for writing just click on particular link:
http://.www.writersdigest.com
You can find character development in any screenwriting book too it's no different than novel in terms of character development although it is different as far as formatting)
you can use the Myers/Briggs personality types to get ideas for different characters (I've done this a lot)
http://www.myersbriggs.org (just click on a type for example: ISTJ
http://www.psychometricswest.com (This is to help explain the Carl Jung 16 personality types)
other books that will help with character development:
David Trottier THE SCREENWRITERS BIBLE : (you can download this I have it in book form but you can download it in PDF version: (this has examples from blockbuster movies and popular novels)
Character development can mean lots of things but you also need plot development as well:
Characters either drive the plot or plot drives the character: If you just have characters and no plot, you get "talking heads" or in novel form you get "exposition" and no story.
Here's some help:
PROTAGONIST (Usually a person, the good guy/girl but flawed, perfect is boring, unrealistic)
ANTAGONIST (Can be a person usually is, natural disaster, disease, something keeping protagonist from goal)
LOVE INTEREST (Can be an antagonist as well, doesn't have to be, supports protagonist)
SECONDARY CHARACTERS (anyone who is not antagonist or protagonist, i.e. comic sidekick)
OBSTACLES (things that the protagonist has to overcome to achieve their goal, these build as the story progresses, get more dangerous until protagonist comes to obligatory scene (facing the ultimate challenge or villain face to face)
PROTAGONIST'S GOAL (what do they really want? money? love? success? peace of mind? to save someone? to help someone? to invent something? etc.etc.)
ANTAGONISTS GOAL (to stop the protagonist from achieving their goal, plus what do they want? money,power, status? etc.etc.)
GENRE: Teenage, coming of age, drama, science fiction, horror, sports, fantasy etc.
SETTING: Where does your story take place? Time period? past, future, present? small town, big city? exotic land? particular place like school? home? winter? summer? fall? spring? what is the atmosphere like in your setting and does it fit your story?
PLOT: What is your story about?
CHARACTER ARCS: Does your main character (protagonist) change through the story? Remain the same? or change someone else?
CHARACTER QUESTIONS: What does character physically look like? Likes? Dislikes? Opinions? etc.
BACKGROUND: (this can be written into a novel, with a screenplay it's usually implied) Where were they born? Childhood? Parents? Siblings? Pets? Education? Morals? Values? etc.etc.
I hope this was some help
GOOD LUCK, GOOD KARMA HAVE FUN :)
Cool, a new writer, good luck it's a lot of fun.
Remember though BEWARE OF SCAMS! DO NOT put your work out there on a site until you have fully researched it, if you're going to put your work out there. BE CAREFUL :)
THE WRITERS STORE (it is a store but it has SO many links that are great resource for writers)
A WRITERS GUIDE TO CHARACTER TRAITS 2nd EDITION (one of the best resources for characters that I have found, ever, very useful you can download this through ebooke.org through Megaupload, just check and you will find a downloadable version)
Writers Digest has over 101 useful sites for writing just click on particular link:
http://.www.writersdigest.com
You can find character development in any screenwriting book too it's no different than novel in terms of character development although it is different as far as formatting)
you can use the Myers/Briggs personality types to get ideas for different characters (I've done this a lot)
http://www.myersbriggs.org (just click on a type for example: ISTJ
http://www.psychometricswest.com (This is to help explain the Carl Jung 16 personality types)
other books that will help with character development:
David Trottier THE SCREENWRITERS BIBLE : (you can download this I have it in book form but you can download it in PDF version: (this has examples from blockbuster movies and popular novels)
Character development can mean lots of things but you also need plot development as well:
Characters either drive the plot or plot drives the character: If you just have characters and no plot, you get "talking heads" or in novel form you get "exposition" and no story.
Here's some help:
PROTAGONIST (Usually a person, the good guy/girl but flawed, perfect is boring, unrealistic)
ANTAGONIST (Can be a person usually is, natural disaster, disease, something keeping protagonist from goal)
LOVE INTEREST (Can be an antagonist as well, doesn't have to be, supports protagonist)
SECONDARY CHARACTERS (anyone who is not antagonist or protagonist, i.e. comic sidekick)
OBSTACLES (things that the protagonist has to overcome to achieve their goal, these build as the story progresses, get more dangerous until protagonist comes to obligatory scene (facing the ultimate challenge or villain face to face)
PROTAGONIST'S GOAL (what do they really want? money? love? success? peace of mind? to save someone? to help someone? to invent something? etc.etc.)
ANTAGONISTS GOAL (to stop the protagonist from achieving their goal, plus what do they want? money,power, status? etc.etc.)
GENRE: Teenage, coming of age, drama, science fiction, horror, sports, fantasy etc.
SETTING: Where does your story take place? Time period? past, future, present? small town, big city? exotic land? particular place like school? home? winter? summer? fall? spring? what is the atmosphere like in your setting and does it fit your story?
PLOT: What is your story about?
CHARACTER ARCS: Does your main character (protagonist) change through the story? Remain the same? or change someone else?
CHARACTER QUESTIONS: What does character physically look like? Likes? Dislikes? Opinions? etc.
BACKGROUND: (this can be written into a novel, with a screenplay it's usually implied) Where were they born? Childhood? Parents? Siblings? Pets? Education? Morals? Values? etc.etc.
I hope this was some help
GOOD LUCK, GOOD KARMA HAVE FUN :)
Who had the greatest mind in the history of mankind?
Genius
Although, we have so many big names contending for this position...,Is there any one way of measuring this ...and who is this one person who is universally accepted as the greatest mind in the history of mankind.
Answer
Issac Newton. Discovered mechanics, optics, calculus, and discovered gravity. Wrote the most important scone book ever written "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica". He didn't continue someone else work like most scientist. He created entire new fields of study. He makes Einstein look like an idiot.
Imagine if there was an athele that was the best tennis, football, baseball, and basketball player in the world. That would be the Issac Newton of sports.
Issac Newton. Discovered mechanics, optics, calculus, and discovered gravity. Wrote the most important scone book ever written "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica". He didn't continue someone else work like most scientist. He created entire new fields of study. He makes Einstein look like an idiot.
Imagine if there was an athele that was the best tennis, football, baseball, and basketball player in the world. That would be the Issac Newton of sports.
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