Character goals

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Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.

Check out six qualities you'll need if you're going to write character goals intense enough to power a blah plot into a compellingly dimensional story.

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A plot idea is just the beginning when you want to write a book and these simple questions help you turn that idea into a complete story.

When readers or viewers understand why characters are doing what they're doing, they become more invested in the story.

Well, we have finally come to the end of my impromptu series of lists of motives, goals, conflicts and epiphanies for your character, and so it wouldn’t take a genius to work out that today…

For readers to care what happens next in your story, they must first care about your characters. It’s your job as a writer to foster this reader-character connection, to build the bridge that encourages readers to invest in your characters’ stories. Establishing your characters’ motivations isn’t th

In order to resonate deeply with your very human audience, your character's goal needs to be one of five specific things.