A Template for Creating Quirky Characters

Roger Colby
4 min readFeb 21, 2021

As a student and teacher of writing and a writer of over six novels, I can say I have been through the gauntlet of character creation. It’s not easy creating believable characters who are quirky enough to keep a reader interested.

I’ve spent over 20 years in college, as a teaching professional, and as a writer studying characterization and after some thoughtful consideration I have decided…

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Roger Colby

#Writer, #teacher, #novelist. I post articles about writing/self-publishing and write sci-fi - Check out my web site! - http://writingishardwork.wordpress.com