Welcome to 1,000 Characters!
This is a project about exploration, into writing and into characters. The goal is to create one thousand characters, and learn more about all of them. Most days (at least twenty per month) there should be a new story snippet to keep the words flowing. Do not fret that everything (or at least most things) are short, as that is the intention.
1,000 Characters is a practice for better storytelling, improved fiction. The focus is diving into characters, looking curiously and deeply into their hopes, dreams, desires. Exploring new characters, their stories, the places they live and work, becomes a journey of fun. This process of discovery should, in many cases, lead to longer stories, possibly even a novel. Dare it be said: maybe novels.
A total of 109 works of fiction
featuring 38 different Characters!
Featured Story
Published: Sep 14, 2020
Robin was nearly forty now, and a line had started to emerge at the corner of her mouth. One that would not go away. She was tired. She was sick of the hot summers and the cold winters. She was over sunsets and full moons and runs at the lakeside. Robin was ready for the next thing, whatever that was, to sweep over her life and change everything. The trouble was that it was very unlikely it would happen to her. She was going to have to put in some effort and make it happen herself. Dread was what she felt at the idea of having to put forth another round of energy. She was really showing her age psychologically, and this was worse than physically if she knew anything about anything at all.