I've been thinking about my characters a lot recently, and have created a series on crafting characters, which you can see, here, here and here. But something that came from the character journal …
Writespiration #22
Here's my go - posted on Esther Newtons weekly writing challenge. I knew I didn’t like her as soon as I saw her. New girl or not, those permanently puckered lips were going to irritate me. From …
The Crafting Characters Series #2 How To Get Into Your Character's Head
Character Journals Most writers at some point in their life have written a journal of some kind. Whether it be a personal daily diary type journal, a writing journal, an art journal, writing daily …
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Writespiration #21
Like the last writespiration, I thought the post would work just as well thinking about your antagonist. What would happen if you actually met your main characters nemesis? Would you get on? Would …
The Reading Like a Writer Series #3
We're not quite at the nitty gritty of what to do to read like a writer yet, I wanted to cover 'when' to read first. Everything I've ever read about how to write, says to read your genre. Read DEEP …
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The Crafting Characters Series #1
The Crafting Characters Series #1 This brings the start of another series to this blog. All about crafting characters. Creating believable fully rounded characters with the depth necessary to make …