Posts Tagged ‘character’
How Attachment Theory Can Power Character Development in Fiction
For the past few years, I’ve been diving deep into psychology. I don’t plan to ever be a licensed professional in that field, but I’ve been serious about in the context of understanding myself and my relationships to others. But does psychology have a use in writing? Sure does. The four primary attachments More specifically,…
Read MoreProtagonist and Antagonist: Why Morally Gray Is Good
In traditional writing, there’s often a clear protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the character (or idea) that represents everything good and right. The antagonist is the character (or idea) that represents everything bad and wrong. The story is, at the core, not about the characters at all, but whether good will triumph over evil.…
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