Character

Posts on writing characters

Character Arcs Rise and Fall

Part of the editing process is considering how character arcs rise and fall in the course of the novel. Movement, […]

Some of the takeaways from Brandon Sanderson’s 2020 lectures include his three scales of character. Sanderson’s three scales of character

Another gem from the BYU online writers’ course features author and lecturer Brandon Sanderson on character. In this lecture, Sanderson

What I call Tolkein’s Legacy of the Rings doesn’t kick-start the fantasy genre. It originates in the roots of story

Robin Catling / January 24, 2021

Here’s a question: how many characters in chapter one? How many does a novel need to get the story going?

Like few other genres, archetypes in fantasy make or break a story. An archetype is a character that fulfils a