Why Should Readers Care About Your Protagonist?

My current WIP has sent me through several psychological states: first elation, then dread, then depression, then elation again, and then probably bi-polar disorder. I spent nearly 6 months designing five separate solar systems complete with flora and fauna, alien races, cultures, history, and tons of other things that probably would bore you to death.

Character Development: A Step by Step Method

Some of the best characters have spent much time inside the brain of a writer, incubating, developing, becoming more realistic with each thought.  However, one might wonder what the process of creating great characters might entail.  I decided to record my process for creating characters (at least main characters) to help writers who have trouble

A to Z Challenge: Creating Characters Using Mindnode

Today I thought I would post a video tutorial about how I use Mindnode to create vivid characters.  Mindnode is probably the easiest tool for brainstorming and character mapping out there.  A free version is available that allows you to use the basic functions, but the full version is only $20 and is well worth