Creativity Exercise: Take Your Characters Shopping
Characters are funny people for authors. We spend so much time with them, they often become real to us. However, the process of creating them, of determining their likes, dislikes,… Read more »
Tag: character development
Let Your Characters Go Free Range
One of the things I love most about Nanowrimo is how all of the pressure is off. During this month it doesn’t matter whether or not you have pages of… Read more »
Avoiding The Dreaded “Mary Sue”
One of the hardest things about writing fiction is creating characters that are believable. Too many writers create characters that are just like themselves. While this seems like a way… Read more »
Writing With The Sims
I confess: I’m a huge fan of the computer game, The Sims. I’ve played it since the first iteration and have spent an embarrassing amount of money and time on… Read more »