Whether writing a long running series or a one-off story, especially in character driven stories as most are nowadays, getting the main character of the story right is one of the most crucial aspects of storywriting. When it comes to writing fantasy and science fiction stories, it’s often quite normal to rely on the “chosen … Continue reading How to Write the Chosen One Archetype
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What makes for an engaging protagonist?
A daunting question every writer must face but one that doesn’t have a definitive answer, how does a writer create a protagonist that is engaging and makes the story worth reading? Something to note though is that we’re looking to write an engaging protagonist as opposed to just a likeable character. Trying to write a … Continue reading What makes for an engaging protagonist?
The Importance of Strong Side Characters
The protagonists are usually also the main characters of the story, the ones that the reader cares about most, but what about the supporting cast of characters? What role do the side characters play in the story? Often they’re a supplemental element of the story to the main character(s) as they help to give depth … Continue reading The Importance of Strong Side Characters
Story Musing: Writing a Clever Protagonist
One type of character I’ve noticed that’s been tricky to write has always been the clever protagonist. Typically a lot of fantasy novels resort to the protagonist unlocking a special power, summoning an inner strength (maybe the power of love, friendship, confidence, etc.), or just something that allows them to overpower the antagonist. It follows … Continue reading Story Musing: Writing a Clever Protagonist
The Importance of Character Perspective
Experiencing the story from a character’s perspective is one of the most valuable and critical elements of a story. It’s through the character’s eyes that every plot point plays out and seeing how they react and change during those moments is what makes a character endearing and a story memorable. The impact is only truly … Continue reading The Importance of Character Perspective
Critiquing Story Writing
Being stuck inside like everyone else for over a year now, I’ve been watching and reading an exorbitant amount of story reviews and critiques. A lot of this comes from my own insecurities and desire to avoid what a lot of critics will argue detracts from a story. However, as many of you already know, … Continue reading Critiquing Story Writing
Character Artwork & Recap – Asandra The Bloodfire
Hello Everyone! Before diving into the artwork and bio for Asandra, I wanted to give a brief overview of these articles. With the sequel coming out, The Legend of Nariko: The Goddess Prophecy, I wanted to do a series of character art pieces leading up to the release. The first book, The Legend of Nariko: … Continue reading Character Artwork & Recap – Asandra The Bloodfire
Portrait Artwork – Asandra The Bloodfire
Hi Everyone! Originally I was going to post what I had finished for my artwork and bio because I said that I would and I want to keep a consistent schedule. However as I progressed through my usual method of coloring, I started looking up tutorials. I realized that the way I was coloring my … Continue reading Portrait Artwork – Asandra The Bloodfire
Game Development: Character Concept Art
Hi Everyone, I wanted to make a character that our development team would be happy with and fit within the story we’re crafting for our game. One of the added constraints was also creating character art that can be scaled down into a pixel art format. Now as I came into this, I had no … Continue reading Game Development: Character Concept Art
Author Musings #1: The Hero Villain Dynamic
Hello everyone! I though I would expand on the part of my reviews where I talk about what writer’s can learn from the book. There’s often so much that I want to say in these small parts but it would risk derailing the entire review. Hope you enjoy it! ** Spoiler Warnings! ** Percy Jackson … Continue reading Author Musings #1: The Hero Villain Dynamic
Raph's Cozy Musings 