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“Here's to the health of my beloved Critias !”

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Theramenes was a prominent Greek statesman who lived from 451 BC to 403 BC. He is known for his role in the Peloponnesian War and his efforts to maintain the balance of power in Athens. more

“I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story. An interesting dynamic between people. A theme. A great character back story. A cool occupation. The look of someone's eyes. A burning ambition. Hundreds of thousands of bits of flotsam and jetsam that we stick in the back of our minds like the shelves full of buttons and ribbons and fabrics and threads and beads in a costumer's shop.”

“Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well as her vulnerabilities, her secrets, and especially her contradictions. This development needs to be forged in scenes, the better to employ your intuition rather than your intellect.”

Needs Wells Character Desire Deals Secret Focus Creation Development Scene Depth Intuition Intellect Genuine Developing Vulnerability Contradiction Frustration Forged

Author:David Corbett

“It's not enough to picture their outward appearance. Give them a background and sphere of influence.”

Giving Enough Character Influence Creation Appearance Backgrounds Spheres Outward Appearance Sphere Of Influence

Author:Jordan Dane

“The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work on it until I start to hear different from my own, or the other characters.”

Different Character Form Voice My Own Creation Journal

Author:James Scott Bell

“The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is the character who doesn't fit the mold.”

Giving Character Stories Energy Difficult Creation Fit Consequence Female Unexpected Shocking Mold Female Characters

Author:Jane Heller

“It's relatively easy to create an ambiguous character. Any conglomeration of likable and unlikeable traits, chosen at random, will result in an ambiguous character. Getting an audience to deeply identify with a character, on the other hand, is one of the hardest things in the world to do.”

World Character Hands Easy Results Audience Creation Chosen Hardest Traits Hardest Thing Ambiguous

Author:Matt Bird

“Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.”

Character Stories Events Creation Constant Back And Forth Inner Life Exterior Characterization

Book:The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV

Source: The Art of Character: Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV

“The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.”

Want Character Helping Spirit Creation Warrior Jumping Librarian Free Spirit Archetype Jumping Off

Author:Kristan Higgins

“An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.”

Moments Character Joy Creation Emotional Regret Pride Scene Shame Profound Overwhelming Exploring Intuitive Imports

Author:David Corbett

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