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Wow, almost a month
I do think we have the infection under control, so I can continue where I left off way back on May 6th. Here are some of the ways I developed my time line for my stories. As I worked I … Continue reading
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How the Time Line developed
I came up with the idea for my very first novel on the drive to my parents about three and a half hours from our home. I could almost see the heroine and the hero and what they wanted. She was … Continue reading
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The Plot
Today we start looking at plotting. First, as far as I can tell there is no right way to plot, no wrong way either. I have writing friends, successful authors who have the beginning of the story in their heads, … Continue reading
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Let’s forget this week
I’m fighting a nasty lung infection. I’m hoping to start on plot development next week. Keep your fingers crossed. Allison
Keeping character inforamtion together.
This one is really tricky, because everyone has their own unique method of storing information. A long time ago, I decided the best way for me to handle all the information I had about my character was in a 3 … Continue reading
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Making Your Characters Unique
We’ve given our character looks, goals, a motive for the goals, we know what role their are playing, now, how do we make them unique? It not that hard to make a character unique. In fact, one of the best … Continue reading
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Building Memorable Characters
Yesterday the topic was character goals. Today we talk about character motivation. Motivation is usually what’s behind the character’s goal, what makes him/her go for something, sometimes to the detriment of everything else. And I can give you a perfect … Continue reading
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More on Characters
We are considering what makes a book character real to the readers. So we have more coats to be added. If you go through life with no plan, no goal, nothing to look forward too, nothing to plan for, I’d say you were leading … Continue reading
Villains – oh yeh!
Today, lets look at villains, female or male, doesn’t matter. First, of course, you know these guys are going to be imperfect. They wouldn’t be villains if they weren’t. They are twisted in some manner. You know that as soon … Continue reading
The Hero’s Warts
Today, let’s look at the hero of a romance novel. Or it could be just about any novel, but since I write romance, it will have to be the romance hero. First, our guy usually doesn’t have too many physical … Continue reading
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