tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post5868983982624925283..comments2024-03-27T10:18:05.046-07:00Comments on Chapter Book Challenge: Making your Characters Come to Life by Yvonne Navarro #ChaBooChaBecky Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595020500346331076noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-49792409165391673102016-03-21T13:07:46.075-07:002016-03-21T13:07:46.075-07:00Great advice :) I suppose that's one reason so...Great advice :) I suppose that's one reason so many of my characters have parts of me in them...Melissa Gijsbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027810729828362064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-49638500695227579692016-03-21T06:51:58.949-07:002016-03-21T06:51:58.949-07:00Some good stuff here. Thanks for sharing.Some good stuff here. Thanks for sharing.Anne Bielbyhttp://www.annebielby.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-52592335342673212192016-03-19T12:46:33.205-07:002016-03-19T12:46:33.205-07:00Ugh. Character development exercises are always my...Ugh. Character development exercises are always my worst thing. But I'm always looking to improve. Thanks for the excellent character building questions.Joanne Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11019039952521739669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-7370885820428080312016-03-18T18:22:46.299-07:002016-03-18T18:22:46.299-07:00Thank you for the tips.I had several people tell m...Thank you for the tips.I had several people tell me they liked one of my characters. Unfortunately, he was the murdered and I did not want people to like him. Back to making him despicable.Dot Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631635118323362863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-84274750539381552142016-03-18T16:22:03.274-07:002016-03-18T16:22:03.274-07:00I love creating characters, have folders of them j...I love creating characters, have folders of them just waiting for the right story. Great post!Ashleyhttp://ahowland.org/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-11812890215816015192016-03-18T12:21:29.170-07:002016-03-18T12:21:29.170-07:00Great advice! I agree that "you’ve succeeded ...Great advice! I agree that "you’ve succeeded when you’re recording what your brain is seeing." Manju Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043840425498808764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-65493504010238420282016-03-18T08:32:50.481-07:002016-03-18T08:32:50.481-07:00Wonderful advice Yvonne! There are moments while I...Wonderful advice Yvonne! There are moments while I'm writing where I truly feel my character begging me to "get to know" him. I can visualize him and it's like having a constant cartoon running in my head...borderline insanity, some may say, I call it befriending my character!Kelly Vavalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05084445688842531143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-83894768795289903562016-03-18T06:50:54.720-07:002016-03-18T06:50:54.720-07:00Great post, Yvonne! Thank you sharing the informat...Great post, Yvonne! Thank you sharing the information on character building. I have a couple of character building sheets that I use but they are not as thorough as the examples you posted.saputnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006894490671128188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-84289664953088134502016-03-17T18:22:59.085-07:002016-03-17T18:22:59.085-07:00Yes, Yvonne, you nailed it. Character writing is h...Yes, Yvonne, you nailed it. Character writing is hard to do. We have to make them come alive not like cardboard cutouts. I like your questions and I love what you had to offer on the subject. Thanks, so much. Robyn Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356555082768185840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115786557639856820.post-10658667686853751162016-03-17T16:10:55.168-07:002016-03-17T16:10:55.168-07:00I definitely need to delve deeper into my characte...I definitely need to delve deeper into my characters. Thanks for the tips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com