Now available in print, and as a downloadable PDF. LINK TO BOOKSTORE IN BIO About the book: WORLDBUILDING THROUGH CULTURE: A WORKBOOK FOR STORYTELLERS Worldbuilding is more than just maps! Creating a believable secondary world, with consistent internal logic, idioms, taboos, and politics can be tricky. Luckily, this workbook is here to help you devise the best possible setting for your story! Filled with thought exercises, explanations, question lists, and lots of space to jot down your own ideas, these pages will soon hold the shape of your own worlds. The workbook is divided into chapters, with note-taking space, for: INTRODUCTION TO CULTUREBUILDING FINDING YOUR STARTING POINT THE BIG QUESTIONS THE SMALL QUESTIONS THE SLIDING SCALE LANGUAGE AND DIALOGUE CHARACTER SKETCHES . . . #amwriting #worldbuilding #WritingCommunity #WritingTips #Writer #WritingPrompts #amwritingfantasy #Write #WordsForWriters #WritingBlog #WritersofInstagram #WritersofInsta #AuthorsofInstagram #AuthorsofInsta #WorldbuildingTips #WritingGuide #WritingHowTo #WritingHelp #WritingGuidebook #WritingSelfHelp #ProTip #WritingProTip #WritingWorkbook #HowToWrite #WritingBlog #WritingClasses #AmWritingSciFi #Fantasy #SciFi #WorldbuildingTools #AmWritingABook https://www.instagram.com/p/ClwUx8yJc1s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Character Charts for Fiction

http://www.epiguide.com/ep101/writing/charchart.html

http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jun98/how-to-create-a-character-profile-6986

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/writing-character-profiles.html

Writing Protip #001

There are many different elements when writing any type of story. From biographies to fantasy or non-fiction to fiction, you’ll need to know your characters. Characterization gives the writer and reader a personal connection to each character; whether it be a main character who’s in the whole story or a minor character who’s in the story for one chapter. Character charts are great ways to get to know your character. You can either use pre-made charts or you can take questions from different charts and make your own chart or questionnaire. Whatever genre of book you write you’ll need to know the personality, looks, and quirks of the person/character you’re writing about. Characters are like us, they don’t all have the same personality, so in your book don’t give everyone the same personality or looks as it’ll be boring. Remember to add flaws to your characters, perfect people don’t exist and perfect, heroic, and flawless characters are boring and unrealistic. Just remember characterization is just as important as the content and story line of your book/story. With complex and well thought out characters, your reader will be able to choose who they like and don’t like. You can also throw a character I like to call a Snape; basically make a character everyone feels is bad and turn them into a good guy, as the queen herself, Miss. J.K. Rowling, did with Severus Snape. Happy Writing! xx