Using the Enneagram to Create Characters that are Believable and Compelling: A Writer's Resource

by Daniel Taylor

Level up your character creation skills with this indispensable guide. Daniel A Taylor’s process is simple to understand, quick, and effortless. In no time, you will be creating like a pro. If you are a pro, this book will help you bring your skills to the next level.
Specifically, Daniel will show you how to use the enneagram—a tool used for thousands of years and trending increasingly popular in modern personality tests—to create characters that are believable, deep, and real. This process is equally effective for heroes, sidekicks, and villains.
As a bonus, this book includes a template for character sheets and demonstrates how to build your character around the enneagram. It also includes six examples of character sheets, using characters from the author’s published books.

38 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2024

About the author

Daniel Taylor (Ph.D., Emory University) is the author of twelve books, including The Myth of Certainty, Letters to My Children, Tell Me A Story: The Life-Shaping Power of Our Stories, Creating a Spiritual Legacy, The Skeptical Believer: Telling Stories to Your Inner Atheist and two novels, Death Comes for the Decontructionist and Do We Not Bleed? He has also worked on a number of Bible translations. He speaks frequently at conferences, colleges, retreats, and churches on a variety of topics. Dr. Taylor is also co-founder of The Legacy Center, an organization devoted to helping individuals and organizations identify and preserve the values and stories that have shaped their lives. He is a contributing editor for Books and Culture. Dr. Taylor is married and the father of four adult children. Website: www.WordTaylor.com