Hi, Christian. We’ve recently created a tool to help with character creation called the Character Builder. It’s at One Stop for Writers; we’ve posted a ten-minute tutorial on the home page there, so people can see what the tool can do.

Regarding fixing a broken character, I actually think the character builder works for this, too. Most of the time, a character doesn’t quite work because their important pieces don’t totally “fit.” Their outer and inner motivations, personality traits, emotional wound, fears, etc.——when all of these are connected, the character makes sense. And that’s what the character builder does——it ties all the important bits together.

I know this sounds like a plug, and I’m sorry for that, but I truly believe that this is the purpose of the character builder. So feel free to check out the video and see if it might be something you’re interested in. 🙂

Thanks so much, Shari!

Very glad this helped! We definitely want to bring out the inner complexities of our protagonists…this is what makes them feel real to readers. 🙂

Definitely bookmarked the page! I am going to return whenever I am stuck. It looks like you have a category for anything, so I will be using that to my advantage. 🙂