Your Character is an Onion
Your Character is an Onion You're building a character. You've got checklists - you know their favourite foods, their favourite color, their nickname, their style of clothing, their birth month and their gemstone, and all of that other funky fun stuff. You visit list after list online, and answer all of them. Your character profile is looking strong. Or, at the very least, very filled out. But then, you sit down to write the story, and you feel a little... stumped. Your character is still a stranger to you, despite the 101 questions you've answered about them. Don't throw out those Q&As, though. They can still come in handy. As you might have guessed from the title of this article, my advice is going to be looking for hidden depths. This means peeling back your character layer by layer - like an onion. The easiest way to do this is by asking ourselves, "Why?" Actual photograph of your character. Every single decision you make about your character - wh...
