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Elements of Storytelling—Characters
Feb. 19th, 2017 05:23 pm(I've been helping to close out and sell my parents' home, which as anyone who has done it can tell you takes a huge amount of time and effort. To let you know I'm alive, some writing neep. I've talked about this topic other places, but I don't think I've ever done it on my own blog. So...)
Writers think a lot about characters.
We think about them in the abstract, and we think about those individuals who rent an apartment in our subconscious and start rummaging around, looking for utility hookups and how to arrange forwarding on their mail. Sometimes they are just visiting for a few months or years.
Other times they move in and don’t check out until we do.
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Examine your favorite books. Who wants what from whom? What happens if s/he doesn’t get it? Why now?
Writers think a lot about characters.
We think about them in the abstract, and we think about those individuals who rent an apartment in our subconscious and start rummaging around, looking for utility hookups and how to arrange forwarding on their mail. Sometimes they are just visiting for a few months or years.
Other times they move in and don’t check out until we do.
( Read more... )
Examine your favorite books. Who wants what from whom? What happens if s/he doesn’t get it? Why now?
