The Only Character Workbook You'll Ever Need: Your New Character Bible (Series Bibles for Writers) Paperback – March 22, 2020

Nice workbook, but needs to be photo-copied for repeated use on different projects.

I bought the plot book at the same time I thought that if I flipped through it and it’s junk, I can always return it. I’ve only had them for 10 minutes and I’ve already turned around and ordered world building book. This is very detailed, very in-depth. I can’t believe how much information is in here and how well organized this is. I’ve had a lot of trouble getting my thoughts on paper in a coherent order. I have an idea, a general plot, characters that I flushed in my head and have struggled to put the information in order that will make writing a story easy. These are going to help immensely. I’ve read a lot of books, but while putting myself in the story, I sometimes lose sight of the structure that I become immersed. I can’t wait to get started.

As a teacher by day and writer by night, finding time to write—or even plan out my characters and stories—is a constant challenge. Writing has been a passion of mine since middle school, but as I’ve gotten older, balancing a full-time job, family obligations, and everything else life throws at me has made it harder to carve out the time I need to create.When I do manage to dive into world-building, developing fantasy elements, or crafting characters, it feels amazing—until life inevitably interrupts. Whether it’s work, errands, or other responsibilities, I often have to set everything aside and return to my ideas days later, trying to regain the flow I had before.That’s why I decided to give this a try, and so far, I’m thrilled with the results! Even after just testing out a few pages, I can see how well it works. Everything is so condensed and well-organized that when I sit back down, I’m able to quickly pick up right where I left off. It’s made it so much easier to dive back into my creative process without losing momentum. Success!If I could make one improvement, it would be this: having the option to use these pages in a 3-ring binder format. For me, that would be a game-changer. Plotlines shift, characters multiply, and having the ability to rearrange pages to group related ideas together would make this tool even more effective.

As a writer, teacher, and creative writing coach, I'm always looking around for the best ways to design stories without putting TOO much information into the story, boring the readers to tears. ;) Given that this book is about $16, I cannot - nor will I - loan it out, but I know I can use it for my lessons when I'm teaching how to write good stories with solidly-structured characters and whatnot. It is beautifully designed, the setup is amazing allowing for details, but not TOO many details. Even if I don't use the ENTIRE format, I can still use parts and pieces - the questions and such - for lessons when I'm teaching.

I've tried digital programs for saving character data but nothing is easier than just being able to glance to the side AS YOU WRITE and not disrupt your flow. I need it on paper! No switching tabs and digging, it's all right there. I've written 3 books using these books and plan on another!

I love everything about this book and the others in the series. They really make you think and plan, as well as keep everything easy to find for reference.

It's okay, probably a 6 out of 10 as far as work books go. But there's not enough room under each category and just a huge lined page behind the main pages for "extra ideas" but it'd be way more useful to give more than just a tiny text box that fits a couple words when trying to fill in character traits and background... Honestly you could probably find better tools on Google to help build characters. The layout was poorly designed and lacks depth in the prompts.

This just arrived and I opened it up. First page their was a post it note nicely written of other suggested websites and resources. So then I thought maybe I received a used book. But when you opened the book to see the details of it's contents, the note made sense. The note is meant to be helpful tool from the book author. Gives you lots and lots of pages to build your character, amazing tools to help you plot out what their personalities might be, minor character mapping, relationship trip note pages...and much more! I already really love this book! Love it so much I may buy a few more for writer friends of mine!