Static Vs. Dynamic Characters

Before we begin, let me emphasize how important it is to make sure your main characters are dynamic. If we look at a list of hugely popular characters, we'll see . . . oh no. No, this can't be happening! Aaaaaaagh!

Describing Your Main Character

It's tricky, isn't it? Red hair or fiery red? Flashing eyes, glinting eyes, sparkling eyes, piercing eyes? That's what you might think, but you're wrong. The answer is "heroic." Heroic hair, heroic eyes, a heroic build and heroic height, heroic hands which end in heroic figures. Nobody actually pictures this stuff, they just want to know the guy's role in the story so they know whether to cast Sean Connery or old Sean Connery.

Protagonist Power Level

Many people will tell you your protagonist needs to slapped around for 80% of the story, if not 100%. Those people don't want you to succeed. One to three times is sufficient. Just look at James Bond. Or Cobra. Or Indiana Jones. Or any kung fu hero who has to train after getting beat up.

Top 5 Jobs Better Than Master of an Arcane Technique

5. Bodyguard
4. Circus performer
3. Captain of the royal guard
2. Fist King
1. Rough and tumble archeologist

Now That This Is a James Bond Fanblog

Hey how about that latest James Bond news? That there isn't going to be any? What do you think about the fact that it takes them longer not to make a movie than it used to take to make one? That they take three times as long to make products that are zero point eight two times as good? That nearly the entire entertainment industry has suffered some kind of silent cataclysm and can't get it together? They can't even make Star Wars games, and Amazon accidentally gave hundreds of millions of dollars to a couple nobodies to make Silmarillion fanfiction. What happened?

How to Name Characters

Don't: Spitfire
Do: Napish Tim