Sidekick Character Workbook for Fiction Writers

About this tool

Across 21 carefully scaffolded exercises, you'll explore your sidekick's private life before the story begins, their secret desires and the costs of deferring them, the unspoken emotional contract at the heart of their relationship with the hero, their distinctive voice and behavioral fingerprint, their capacity for genuine disagreement, the competence they carry alone, and the ending they deserve on their own terms.

Each exercise is specific to the craft of writing companion characters — no generic prompts, no filler. Designed for GoodNotes and printable at A4 with generous ruled annotation lines, this workbook sits beautifully beside your manuscript draft. Suitable for novelists at any stage, from early development through final revision.