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No matter what genre your fiction falls into, we all have one thing in common, we have to populate our work with people. This group is for discussing those characters who add life to our novels.
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Character Fact Sheets: Do you keep them? How much detail do you put into one?
Started by Michelle Gwynn Jones. Last reply by Liz Alexander Mar 14. 47 Replies 2 Likes
I keep a character sheet for everyone in my story. When it comes to the MCs I know just about everything there is to know about them. Where the grew up, where they went to school and what is their…Continue
how to write gripping openings
Started by Komal Mansoor Mar 5. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello friends,Read this awesome article, "How to give your stories great openings and endings" by Dan Coxon and since I could not resist, read my thoughts as a reviewer on great openers. Would love…Continue
Character References - a list of resources
Started by Zetta Brown. Last reply by Olga Godim Feb 22. 7 Replies 1 Like
Here's a place where you can share those books, links, and other resources to help create your characters. For me, it doesn't matter if it's "literary" or "genre," characters drive the story. I don't…Continue
Tags: characterization, POV, development, links, resources
What makes memorable characters
Started by Carolyn Haley. Last reply by Dianne Baines Jan 27. 6 Replies 0 Likes
A colleague of mine has written an excellent post about characterization and reader involvement in his blog, An American Editor. It hits the bottom line on what writers need to understand in order to…Continue
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Comment by Marilyn Bostick on May 27, 2012 at 5:38am -
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Comment by Marilyn Bostick on March 27, 2012 at 1:24am
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After I did this I came up with a first paragraph for a whole new story. I just eliminated a sentence or two, removed a few words, replaced a few more and viola! A whole new story. :)
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Comment by Catrina Barton on March 26, 2012 at 11:19pm -
Marilyn, thanks, that sounds like a fun little experiment. I might try it. :)
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Comment by Marilyn Bostick on March 26, 2012 at 11:02pm
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I just received this assignment and have been working on it. Try this and see what happens. This a really amazing exercise!
Pick one of your original stories or scripts. Flip to the middle of that
story. If your story is three pages, that means go to the middle of page two. If your story is 90 pages, that means go to page 45. Now, pick the most dynamic paragraph, conversation or character action or interaction
from the middle of that page. It can be a few lines or a couple paragraphs.
Imagine this is the new beginning of your story! For the purposes of this discussion, this is where your story sets into motion. It does not have to be clear from the few lines that you post what your story is about. Often, stories that begin in medias res can be mysterious, intense, even confusing—but there has to be something about the beginning
the compels the reader (or viewer) to want to know more.
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Comment by Marilyn Bostick on March 5, 2012 at 10:50am
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Surprise is east of me separated by Peoria. My parent's live there in Sun City Grand. In about six months I'll be joining them. That's a little distance away. :(
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Comment by Celine Keating on March 5, 2012 at 10:26am -
She's in Surprise, but I don't know the area at all....
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Comment by Marilyn Bostick on March 5, 2012 at 10:19am
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@Celine,
It would depend on where in Phoenix you'll be I am in Glendale which is next door to the west border of Phoenix.
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Comment by Komal Mansoor on March 5, 2012 at 10:18am -
Hello friends,
Read this awesome article, "How to give your stories great openings and endings" by Dan Coxon and since I could not resist, read my thoughts as a reviewer on great openers. Would love your comments, so share your views on this topic now! :)http://komzreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/be-my-guest-how-to-write-gr...
Oh yeah, there is a surprise giveaway at the end of this post, for my lovely readers as well, so check out! :)
Not only this, I have so many great giveaways going on my blog, so keep checking this page, for entering and winning awesome books!
http://komzreviews.blogspot.com/p/see-this-page-for-entering-in.html
Feel free to share, comment, follow for more such writing tips and great book discussions.
Komal
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Comment by Celine Keating on March 5, 2012 at 7:57am
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Hi Marilyn!
I'm in NY - the library is in Pleasantville (near Ossining) in Westchester County - but thanks for asking! Looks like you're in Arizona, so a bit too far! I'm going to be visiting a friend near Phoenix in June - are you anywhere near?
Celine
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Comment by Marilyn Bostick on March 4, 2012 at 7:04pm
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@Celine,
Where do you live? Where is the library located?
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