CHARACTERS

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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 or Plot

Started by Kathleen Kaska. Last reply by Kate Powell Jun 4. 4 Replies 1 Like

What's more important, plot or character? That's a tough question to answer. A great mystery plot will keep me turning the pages until the end. But delightful, intriguing characters whom I can…Continue

Tags: mystery, character, plot

Character Fact Sheets: Do you keep them? How much detail do you put into one?

Started by Michelle Gwynn Jones. Last reply by Norah Jansen Jun 2. 59 Replies 4 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

Do characters have a life of their own?

Started by Juliet Wilson. Last reply by Terri L. Atkins Febuary May 14. 9 Replies 1 Like

I've found in the past in short stories that characters sometimes go off on a tangent I would never have planned which has often really helped plot development!I'm now writing a novel and was having…Continue

The Recycled Character

Started by Michelle Gwynn Jones. Last reply by Kathleen Kaska Feb 15. 6 Replies 1 Like

Today I blogged about using characters more than once, scattering background players through my different works.The Recycled Character.…Continue

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Comment by Syeda Tasmia Tahia on May 5, 2013 at 1:20pm: Hello Ladies. Anyone here have a moment (or a few, actually) to spare? I am looking some feedback on the 10th chapter of my YA Silent Voices. It is written from a omniscient third-person narrative, focusing on one or two of the for MCs feelings (or silenced voices) in each chapter

Silent Voices: Meet and Greet

I am slightly worried about the pace of things in my writing...the story takes place between September to March ( around 6 months), but I seem to be bogged down in specific scenes so far. Although I do have a few leaps in the middle, but it still seems to have taken a sluggish pace. Any advice?

Comment by Syeda Tasmia Tahia on April 10, 2013 at 7:47pm: "The gentle rose that was a mirage, the solitary prince who searched what he knew nothttp://http://ning.it/10NcwRX Silent Voice Ch-10..."

Silent Voices: Four extraordinary people, young of blood, kind at heart, strong of will, but rash at actions...living in their own worlds, following isolated paths to their own goals...when the paths cross, the worlds shall crash...into a complex bonds of relationships...Because in a world where wants precede needs, only two can survive happily...

Comment by Lissa Brown on February 15, 2013 at 2:53pm: My newest novel, Another F-Word, will be FREE on Kindle on 2/16 and 2/17. If you read it, I welcome your feedback about the characters and anything else you'd care to comment on. Thanks. http://www.amazon.com/Another-F-Word-ebook/dp/B00AXEA1LQ

Comment by JMcManus on February 15, 2013 at 9:54am: Read what Talee says about an old photo she found of herself and Nola. http://wp.me/p37WQ4-4y

Comment by JMcManus on February 4, 2013 at 3:24pm: Hey Everyone, my Talee's World Blog is now LIVE. Please check it out.

http://www.worldstodiscover.com/Talee/

Comment by Zetta Brown on January 30, 2013 at 9:38am: Hi y'all! One of our authors, and fellow She Writes member, Kathleen Kaska, has an interview where she talks about her relationship with her characters. It's quite neat, IMO. Do any of you get to feel/think the same way about your characters? Here's the interview:

http://armchair-epublishing.weebly.com/1/post/2013/01/do-your-chara...

Comment by JMcManus on January 8, 2013 at 10:22am: How is your new year! I'm glad to be working on another Talee Adventure. Hope to have it out this summer.

http://bit.ly/RE7p66

Comment by Kathryn on January 2, 2013 at 2:52pm: Thanks for the inside scoop, Marilyn...I will definitely do that :)

Comment by Marilyn Bostick on January 2, 2013 at 2:14pm: Kathryn, I recommend going to YouTube and searching for Scrivener. It will bring up several tutorials. Watch those then go to the Scrivener website and watch the tutorials there. Download the appropriate User Guide. This will all help you work more efficiently with Scrivener. I even purchased Scrivener for Dummies and all of it is helping me use Scrivener to its fullest potential. Lots of research here but it will pay off. :)

Comment by Kathryn on January 2, 2013 at 10:35am: I got the full version of Scrivener for Christmas. I'm excited to use all the features. It's been a help in building characters thus far. I was able to put in a picture and copy/paste some character worksheets and some other tools. I realize, however, that not all of my characters need such an intricate backstory. But as it turns out, even that is a help. And wow...do I have a lot of characters...especially minor ones