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Category Archives: Characters
Know Your Story Points – Main Character “Approach”
Some of the characters you create as an author will be Do-ers who try to accomplish their purposes through activities (by doing things). Other characters are Be-ers who try to accomplish their purposes by working it out internally (by being … Continue reading
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The Main Character and Duality
Consider the Main Character and the Influence Character who, it would seem at first blush, are as opposite as they can be in regard to some underlying philosophical perspective, world view, belief system or moral code. But in fact, they are … Continue reading
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The 8 Archetypes
From my “classic” 1999 video series on story structure: Part 20: The 8 Archetypes
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Forget Your Protagonist – Who’s You’re Main Character?
By Melanie Anne Phillips For just about any story you read, you get a sense of who it revolves around – who is it really about? Who is the character whose shoes we stand in, through whose eyes and heart … Continue reading
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The Main Character’s Problem
This is the nature of the Main Character’s struggle in a story. He has either built up an understanding of how to try and solve problems that no longer fits, or he has built up an understanding of what causes … Continue reading
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Character Development Tricks!
By Melanie Anne Phillips Although it is possible to write without the use of characters, it is not easy. Characters represent our drives, our essential human qualities. So a story without characters would be a story that did not describe … Continue reading
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Only One Main Character in a Story
By Melanie Anne Phillips There’s only one main character in a story. Why? Because a story is about the group experience of trying to achieve a goal. When people come together around a common issue in the real world, they … Continue reading
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