Creating Characters
Enneagram
like all "personality" charts take these with a grain of salt, but when it comes to fictional characters, it's very helpful
Ennegram Institute Website5 Ways to Use the Enneagram to Write Better Characters - Helping Writers Become Authors
(27 Aug. 2026) K.M Weiland discusses what the Enneagram is and how to use it to write characters. She includes helpful charts, examples, and starting lies and fears to go with each Enneagram type. I reference this article a lot.
(22 Apr. 2020) Part of Abbie Emmons "Writers Life Wednesdays" series. Abbie walks through what enneagrams are, which types there are, and how to apply it to writing characters. Helpful starting place.
Misbeliefs
(17 Jun. 2026) Another video in Abbie Emmons "Writers Life Wednesdays" series. She talks through the processes of finding your character's misbelief/fatal flaw through defining the story's theme and flipping it. Very helpful if you're struggling to nail down a character's fears and motives.
Character Arcs
Using the Enneagram
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