Check out these great character building tips for short stories from Rachel Poli’s blog.
To me, characters are the most important part of story telling. Without characters, there would no villain, there would be no hero. Therefore, there would be no plot, no conflict.
When you write a novel, you have 200-500 pages (give or take) to delve deep into your characters. Their past, present, and future. Their likes and dislikes, their opinions. Their friends and family. Their motive, anything that makes them tick.
When you write a short story, you don’t have much time to go into that much detail. Not all that detail is exactly needed, depending on what’s going on in your story.
So, how do you develop your characters fully in such a short amount of time?
Step 1. Create your characters as best as you can
If you Google “character chart,” a billion results will come up. (It’s actually a tad over 67 million, but who’s counting?)
There are…
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