How to Write a Character Portrait: 4 Steps to Better Understand Characters

How to Write a Character Portrait: 4 Steps to Better Understand Characters

Whether you’re writing a novel, a memoir, or even painting a portrait, it’s important to understand who you’re writing about. 

Creating a character portrait is a characterization technique used by writers like Cheryl Strayed, Marcel Proust, and others to better understand your characters.

In this post, you’ll learn exactly what character portraits, how to create one of your own, and how to get the most out of them in your writing.

How To Win a Writing Contest

How To Win a Writing Contest

Why do people enter writing contests? Some enter to get practice submitting. Others enter to motivate themselves to finish their stories.

But there’s one thing nearly everyone who enters a writing contest wants…

To win.