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What’s in a Name?
New parents spend time and energy choosing the perfect name for tier offspring. Some writers spend a few hours choosing a character name, and rightfully so. This is a declension which can mean the difference between success and failure for … Continue reading
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How do I make that hero shine?
Interviewing the hero is a good start, if that works for you. If not, I’m going to give you some guidelines about what a hero should–and shouldn’t be, and how he might act. Remember, writing doesn’t have a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged building a hero, characterization, committment, craft, crafting ficiton, desire to write a book, Fear of success, imagination, planning your work, Romance Writers of America, romance writing, storytellers, storytelling, structuring a hero, successful writers, writers, writing craft, writing inspiration, writing plan
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Defining Characters
There are a lot of questions you’ll be asking about developing any character. Some writers like to sit down and “interview” the characters they’ll be working with over the course of a story. I am not one of those writers. … Continue reading
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Gimme a Hero…
As soon as you open your novel, on the very first page, in the very first line…what your character does and says will make or break him/her –and by association, you–as a writer. You only get this one chance to … Continue reading
Posted in attitude, how to structure fiction., Uncategorized, Writing Fiction
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