Designing characters isn’t the most important aspect of writing – first you have to develop a character’s personality, her hobbies and career, her extracurricular activity, the way she talks, her relationships, and so on. That said, appearance is important. Not everyone should have purple hair and yellow eyes, but how Read more
Read the transcript below: Everyone who’s read Twilight remembers the ice queen that was Rosalie. Throughout the books, she’s the most antagonistic member of the Cullen household. She intimidates Bella, and endangers both her life and Edward’s when she shares Alice’s vision of Bella going over a cliff with Edward. Read more
Read the transcript below: Of all the characters within the Twilight universe, Esme is one of the quietest. She doesn’t receive much commentary either way; there aren’t many fans stanning her or criticizing her. Even while reading the novels, I didn’t find her a memorable character. Despite her unassuming nature, Read more
Read the transcript below: Ah, Edward Cullen. Love him or hate him, Edward is one of the more interesting characters in the series. Cantankerous and brooding, smart and well dressed, and described in an endless multitude of adjectives by Bella Swan, Edward is both the love interest and the anti-hero Read more
Read the transcript below: Whether you consider yourself a casual Twilight fan, or the ultimate Twihard, there is likely a great deal you don’t know about your favourite characters. While the films leave out their fair share of details, the books, too, can only cover so much, leaving guidebooks to Read more
Last week, I listed nine terms writers should know. In this article, I list six more. After all, one list isn’t enough to include every literary term; writers are too obsessively verbose for that. Whether it be official terms used in the industry, or the lingo your readers use, there Read more
Writers are a wordy bunch. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that writers have their own vernacular, or collection of vocab which they regularly use. If you are new to the writing community, or the publishing industry generally, you may be unfamiliar with the acronyms or titles used. Most Read more
As a self proclaimed bookworm, I feel it is my duty to highlight the pitfalls of reading. Reading is great for you—for the most part. It exercises your brain, encourages you to think, gives you a sense of belonging, and makes you feel good. However, what if I told you Read more
It’s not unusual for writers to gravitate towards certain ideas. While others might consider the reusing of such ideas to be lazy, a great writer can take similar concepts and make them different each time. Provided a writer is willing to flesh out his characters, and be inventive in his Read more
The names used in Harry Potter are more than catchy monikers. Many of the names, including those used for minor characters, have special meanings. Some are layered in meaning, while others describe the personality a character has, such as Dumbledore’s tendency to pace about his office murmuring to himself. This Read more