Obsessed with Enneagrams? Building Enneagram character profiles for your novel will level up the realism and creativity of your next great story.
People contain multitudes. They are messy, complicated, and often unpredictable. When creating characters, you need to show why they act the way they do (and find their inner contradictions). Enter Myers-Briggs for fiction. It’s a psychology-based tool that will help
Birth order theory suggests that being a younger vs older sibling may have a profound effect on our psychology. Formative experiences affect people into adulthood, in real life and in fiction. Thinking about whether your characters were an eldest, middle
What are your characters’ numbers? We don’t mean their phone numbers, but what numbers are spiritually significant to them. Numerology for fictional characters gives you a fun way to think about what drives heroes, heroines, villains, and sidekicks in your
In many loved fantasy stories, some kind of priceless guide — a spell book, a mentor’s manual — offers profound wisdom and helps build a whimsical world. World-building isn’t easy, though, and if you’re creating a detailed fantasy world, it’s
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