Guest Post: Finding Your Character's Energy
Today we have the privilege of having Deborah-Zenha Adams as our guest to teach us a bit about how we can use the concept of chakras to add depth to our fiction characters. Looking at chakras as a way to build characters is a new concept for me and I’m thrilled to explore this topic further! Without any further ado, take it away, Deborah! Finding Your Fictional Character’s Energy Motivators By: Deborah-Zenha Adams How an ancient philosophy of energy can help you create better characters It doesn’t matter what genre you’re writing, characters are the lifeblood of your story. No matter how perfectly-plotted, tightly-structured, and wildly creative your story is, readers might not stick with it if the characters are hollow, bland, or just plain unbelievable. You get that. We all get that. Characters must be well-rounded and fully-realized, with both positive and negative qualities to make them realistic and relatable. So why do our characters still sometimes ring hollow? More importantly,...