L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. In this blog post, he writes about focusing on characters in order ...

Jillian (she/her) is a writer for the Movies & TV section at GameRant. She's always loved writing and been a voracious consumer of all kinds of media, so writing for GameRant has been the perfect ...

My first book came out 11 years ago. So, I’m reasonably certain that I gave my first Real Live Big Girl Pants Authorial Interview around that time, as well. Thus began my own particular Unexpected ...

There is a lot of discussion of how the world can go about writing more awesome female characters. This often leads to the throwing around of the phrase "strong female characters" in the direction of ...

Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for ...

I've never been a cop. I've also never been an old man, or a plague doctor, or an alien being, or a nuclear physicist. But as a screenwriter, it's very likely I'll one day write some or all of these ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Basically, it's hard to be an author. So, my curiosity was tickled when u/SilNoHoo asked guys, "What is something women who write male characters get wrong?" And honestly, I never thought of some of ...

Sebastian has been passionate about anime and gaming, he's dedicated to researching and knowing about both mediums. Zanpakutou is a power system that's all about character writing. Let's explore how ...

I’ve been reading thick books recently, most about the war in the Middle East. These books have hundreds of characters in them, some major players, and some who make cameo appearances. How to ...