Wednesday Knights Blog

I just finished a really good book by Orson Scott Card. This one was not one of his novels, however. It was Characters & Viewpoints, a book written to help fiction writers. Chapter 2 of the book details the process a writer should go through to create good, memorable characters that readers will love.

Reading the process, I realized how great the process applies to a GM creating good, memorable NPCs that the players will get emotionally invested in. It also applies to players creating good character concepts that other players and characters will invest in.

In the book, Card gives some great advice about interrogating your character, creating exaggerations, or twists, or modifying a cliche to  turn a ho hum ordinary character into one that everyone remembers.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to create better characters.