the newest digital workbook for novel writers is here! it's time to write better characters

Brigit Hartop
Jul 1
2 min read

Updated: Jul 5

picture of the character development workbook for writers called The Character Engine — The Character Engine: Develop Complex, Magnetic Characters / a Workbook for Writers

Winter evenings were long, dark and rainy when I was in Ketchikan, AK, so I took the time to create another digital product for Wonderly. Based on the wonderful reception for the Digital Story Machine, I decided to create a workbook just for deep diving into the world of character creation & enhancement.

After a few months of working on it, trying it out for my own work in progress, and carefully digitalizing it to make it just as interactive and pleasurable to use as the previous two digital releases....it's ready :)

Meet: The Character Engine.

Create unforgettable, powerfully complex characters for your novel or short story with this fully digitalized Character Engine, designed by the creator of the bestselling novel workbook The Story Machine.

Suitable for any genre and writing style, The Character Engine guides you through the process of character development with non-stereotypical prompts to ignite your creativity and help create compelling depth, rich backstory, and flesh out your overall plot.

No endless essay questions, unstructured prompts, or cliched prompts, just unique & highly effective structures developed for writers by a professional writer.

The Character Engine consists of 253 pages including:

- Quick Reference Guide (Character Archetypes, Character Role Types, Transformative Vs Flat Arcs)

- 30 Character Templates with to launch each of your character's development, including backstory generators, personality development prompts, archetype selection, and plenty of space to brainstorm.

- Fillable Character Index for quick & easy navigation to all of your character templates

- Advanced Character Arcs in the following categories: Moral Ascending, Moral Descending, and Morally Grey to take your characters to the next level. These start-to-finish arcs are guided but non-formulaic, completely original and designed to create rich & compelling backstory, side plots, realistic detail, and a strong energetic flow to hook your readers and sweep them up in your character's journey.

- ALSO INCLUDES: Customizable, fillable templates to create extra characters, create your very own arc templates, OR create longer, even more complex character arcs by mixing and matching the provided Character Arcs.

Ready to take your characters to the next level?

SHOP THE DIGITAL CHARACTER ENGINE HERE