Character Development Workbook for writers, authors, and novelists. A printable creative writing planner that helps you craft believable, emotionally complex characters. Includes guided exercises, prompts, diagnostic tools, and reusable templates for story arcs, inner logic, and transformation. Perfect for fiction writers, screenwriters, and storytellers. Great author gift for anyone writing a novel.

Print and digital editions of the Character Writing Workbook for writers and authors. Perfect-bound 7x10 softcover plus digital access with printable worksheets and templates. Creative writing workbook, novel planner, and author resource for story structure, plot, and character design. Great writer gift for aspiring novelists.

Character Writing Workbook by Saint Violet Creative — a complete creative writing planner for authors who want to create characters that feel alive. Includes guided frameworks, reflection prompts, moral fracture mapping, and story pressure diagnostics. Ideal for novelists and storytellers learning character arcs, conflict, motivation, and emotional realism. Printable worksheets included.

Printable Character Development Workbook for authors and creative writers. Includes guided frameworks, diagnostics, and reusable templates for fiction, fantasy, or romance writing. Learn how to create emotionally believable characters, strengthen story arcs, and refine motivation. Perfect author planner or writing workbook for aspiring novelists and storytellers.

Character planner and creative writing workbook for authors developing stories, novels, or screenplays. Includes guided prompts, diagnostics, and reusable templates for building deep, authentic characters. Ideal for fiction writers learning to balance motivation, consequence, and transformation in story structure. Includes printable worksheets and templates.

$Character Writing Workbook by Saint Violet Creative — a complete creative writing planner for authors who want to create characters that feel alive. Includes guided frameworks, reflection prompts, moral fracture mapping, and story pressure diagnostics. Ideal for novelists and storytellers learning character arcs, conflict, motivation, and emotional realism. Printable worksheets included.$

The Character Development Workbook

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Develop layered, pressure-tested characters with tools that reveal what truly drives them.

The Character Development Workbook helps you move beyond personality charts and backstory lists to create characters who feel real, complex, and alive. Across 170 pages of guided frameworks, diagnostics, and creative exercises, you’ll learn to map inner logic, trace moral fractures, and reveal who your characters become when tested by consequence.

Designed for writers who already know the basics and want to go deeper, this workbook will help you bring psychological realism and emotional precision to every page.

What's Inside

Frameworks & Tools:

Step-by-step systems for building internal logic, moral contradiction, and narrative pressure.

Diagnostics:

Identify weak arcs, broken motivations, or scenes without consequence.

Prompts & Scene Starters:

Write directly into pressure—no filler exercises, just story movement.

Case Studies:

Real examples drawn from literary and genre fiction to show each concept in action.

Worksheets & Templates:

Printable diagnostics, reflection pages, and mapping tools you can reuse for every project.

Technical Details

Digital Only Version

Instant access to a digital folder containing:

The full workbook (identical to the print edition) as a PDF you can print or load into annotation apps like GoodNotes or Notability (not fillable). All worksheets and templates as individual US Letter PDFs for easy printing and reuse.

Print Version

Everything in the digital edition plus a 170 page 7″ × 10″ softcover workbook.

Bundle Edition

You’ll get the three advanced craft workbooks from the Saint Violet Novel Writing Toolkit — Character Development, Plot Strengthening, and Worldbuilding. Includes both physical and digital copies of each title and comes with all worksheets and templates in printable format.

Shipping & Returns

All items are shipped within 48 hours unless otherwise noted.

We accept returns of unused products within 30 days of delivery. To initiate a return, please contact us at help@saintvioletcreative.com

Please note, due to the nature of digital items, returns are not permitted for those products.

Available Editions :

Digital Only Physical Workbook Bundle Edition

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