Character Research

I got some great tips from authors from the #NaNoWriMo writing challenge on what they do to research their characters. Here’s a few quick tips that they shared:

1. Run your characters through a personality test like the Myers-Brigg or Jung. This was actually a lot of fun!

2. Check your character’s horoscope. Honestly, I hadn’t given my main character a birthday so this was a great exercise for me.

3. If your novel became a movie, what actors/actresses would be cast to play the parts of your characters. What do they look like? How to they act? What are the positive and negative traits?

Remember that too much research can just be another way to avoid doing the writing or could possibly confuse you. Get a basic character sketch of your main characters which I like to flesh out in the character template in Scrivener and then move on. I’m learning a lot about myself during this process:)

If you have any tricks or tips to character building and research, please share them with me in the comment section. Cheers!

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