Creating Characters: Lists for when you just can't find the right word

by Brenda Stephens

Do you struggle to find the right name for your character? Don't know the right color for the word brown? Can't think of a job for your character to have? Using the profile sheet included at the back of the book, answer the thirty four questions to create a better character.

62 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2017

About the author

Poet and writer of short stories, Author of Purely Poetic, From The Darkest Corners, Harriet's Ghost, Untold Stories... and another collection in the works.

I am a mum of two, partner of a wonderful man, owned by a jack russell and I live in Cornwall. Originally from North East Scotland, my love of poetry started with Doric verse, which I still have a huge love for.

Reviews

[Sherry Hnytka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Devinder goes into a bar and sees the cook lazily wiping down the top of the counter before glancing up at the new customer with almost no interest, "Whatcha havin'?"

Imagine writing a book, or being a Dungeon (Keeper, Master, whatever) and having the recipient of this information ask for more. More? Yes, more. Flesh out this keeper. Or is this person something other than it seems?

So this book is not going to tell you the story that you are trying to address but it does give you a lot of words to use which could be avoiding your ability to come up with something new. The book does what it is supposed to. It gives you words. Good words to use at your whim. It doesn't tell you what to use as its existence is for you to figure out what you want to use in relation to other words, almost like a thesaurus but not quite.

It is a good set of lists. It isn't amazing; however, they give a person ideas.