Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.

It’s week two of our character challenge.

Over the next ten weeks, we’ll take a character from a simple idea and gradually develop them into someone with a personality, history, relationships, flaws, fears and a meaningful character arc.

You don’t need to be writing a novel to take part. Your character can be created specifically for these exercises, or you can use a character from a story you’re already working on.

WEEK 2 — What Do They Want?

Every interesting character wants something. But sometimes what they think they want isn’t what they actually need.

First, complete these sentences:

My character wants…

They believe getting it will make them…

What they actually need is…

They don’t realise this because…

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