Author: Gwen M. Plano

Birth Order and Character Development: the Only Child

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Hello SE friends, Gwen with you today. Over these last several months, we've considered birth order traits as another possibility for developing our fictional characters. We’ve reviewed firstborns, middle child, and lastborns. Today the focus is the only child. As a quick review, birth order theory is not chiseled in stone. Many factors affect personal … Continue reading Birth Order and Character Development: the Only Child

BIRTH ORDER and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: The Lastborn

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Hello, Story Empire friends, Gwen with you today. Together we’ll focus on birth order as it relates to character development. We’ve considered the traits of the firstborn, linked here. And we’ve reviewed traits of the middleborn. Here’s a link to that post. Today, our target is the lastborn. Before we dive in, let’s review a few basic … Continue reading BIRTH ORDER and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: The Lastborn

BIRTH ORDER and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: the middle child

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Hello, Story Empire friends, Gwen with you today to focus on birth order and character development. Last month we considered the traits of the firstborn in the family. Here’s a link to that post. Today, our target is the middle child. Let’s dive in … Most of our stories include families. When we refer to the older … Continue reading BIRTH ORDER and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: the middle child

BIRTH ORDER AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Firstborn

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Hello Story Empire friends, Gwen with you today to focus on character development related to birth order. Here’s a link to my prior post on this topic. Let's dive in ... If you consider your most recent reads, I suspect several of those books include a family. We’re naturally drawn to the tensions, rivalries, and … Continue reading BIRTH ORDER AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Firstborn