Hello Rebels, welcome back to The Rebel Author Podcast episode 20. Today’s podcast is all about how to create the perfect character with Damon Suede. He shows you how choosing and identifying a verb for your character helps you go deep with characterisation. We also touch on personal branding, story arcs and more. [Read more…] about 020 How to Create the Perfect Character with Damon Suede
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Create Killer Villains: Lessons From Villainelle
Everybody loves a hero. If you’ve hung around here long enough, you’ll have heard me say that a dozen times already. But heroes – no matter how much we love them – are often predictable. Something that’s the result of a soft heart and too much halo polishing. If you want to get your hero into ship shape, this book is wicked… *cough*. Moving on. After years of villain worship and intensive study and deconstruction of all the villains I can find, I’m sad to say it’s rare for me to find a villain that gives me a case of the tinglies, but Villainelle – the villainous minx – did just that. If you want to create killer villains then have a look at these tactics the writers of Killing Eve employed. [Read more…] about Create Killer Villains: Lessons From Villainelle
Lies – 5 Tips to Master The Perfect Character Arc
I confess… Instead of reading the half dozen books I already have on the go, I accidentally (ok, on purpose) opened a guilty pleasure novel. And no, that’s not a sexual reference, you filth-bag, I meant my fave genre – YA fantasy).
Because it’s my genre I took the opportunity to research. I never read a book without taking a lesson from it.
This time I learnt all about the character arc and one awesome method for achieving the perfect curve! The book I read: Frostbite by Richelle Mead (part of the Vampire Academy series), used an awesome technique in which to perfect that arc – Lies. [Read more…] about Lies – 5 Tips to Master The Perfect Character Arc
