Forcing Grey – Making Your Characters Embrace Ambiguity

Send to KindleOne of the things that makes fiction interesting is tension. People like complex characters…heroes that aren't all sweetness and light, and villains with depth and likeable qualities.

This is a cool article about mixing it up for your hero. Thanks, +Harley Christensen  & +Angela Ackerman .

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Are you putting your character's morals to the test? +Angela Ackerman shares these tips (and some awesome tools) to help you develop a better understanding of your character…

(via +Alex J. Cavanaugh, Insecure Writer's Support Group)

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Deepen Conflict By Forcing Your Hero To Embrace The Grey of Morality by Angela Ackerman

When we sit down to brainstorm a character, we think about possible qualities, flaws, quirks, habits, likes and dislikes that they might have. Then to dig deeper, we assemble their backstory, plotting out who influenced them,…

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