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Character Development Secrets
- 7 Steps to Developing Real People - Part 2
by Corey Blake
Part Two: Creating the Past and Shaping the Present
The quality of your characters will form the foundation you desire
for a strong story. In this four-part series, we're looking at ways
to develop three-dimensional, dynamic, story driving characters.
Using the following seven-step framework, you can develop rich,
complex, and multi-dimensional individuals:
1) Label their desire essences
2) Label their fear essences
3) Get specific about their past
4) Label their behavior
5) Raise their stakes
6) Don't meddle in their lives
7) Let them play
In the previous article, we looked at the first two steps in this
process: 1. Label their desire essences and 2. Label their fear
essences.
In this installment, we'll explore your characters' backstories
- where they came from - and then determine how their histories
shape their behaviors. As we continue to the next two steps, you'll
take a great leap in crafting your characters into engaging parts
of your story.
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