#27: MAKE THEM SWEAT. Handing your character success on a silver platter is a sure-fire way to cheapen their development. By giving your character numerous obstacles and uncertainties to conquer throughout their journey, you create opportunities to introd

Make your character vulnerable to create empathy in the reader. This could be an emotional or a physical vulnerability, like having a character who is dealing with a recent loss or a superhero that loses their hearing when they get stressed out. To create

Character archetypes can make great starting points or foundations for building fully fleshed-out characters. Consider which archetype fits your character best, and think about how you can work within and around the “rules” of the archetype to make yo