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A Character Development Writing Exercise
Blind Date
Your protagonist meets your villain for the first time - on a blind date. What happens?
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Blind Date
Your protagonist meets your villain for the first time - on a blind date. What happens?
It's All About Your Point of View
Write a pivotal scene in your novel from a different character's POV. For instance: at a funeral, you may have written the grieving widow's thoughts and feelings. Write about that funeral from the deceased husband's POV, the eldest son's, or the step-sister's.
Reputations
Have each primary character free-write what they think about the other characters in the story. This will also deepen the secondary characters.
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Jekyll and Hyde
Describe the same character twice. Once as the hero of a story and once as the antagonist.
Fear Factor
Nothing can create conflict for your characters like good old-fashioned fear. Take time now to define your protagonist's biggest fear. Is it something physical (e.g. tight spaces or flying in an airplane) or internal (e.g. fear of failure, commitment, or rejection)? Write a scene in which your protagonist must face this fear.
