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Character pt 2
So my last blog post I was talking about characters and how I have one rattling round in my head that I need to get to know a little better. I’ve done a little bit of work on her since then and I’m trying to work out some depth to her. I’ve set myself the task of writing a conversation between her and an interviewer. The interviewer is unimportant; they are just a means to an end in getting the girl to talk to me. My other ‘rule’ for this is that I am writing from an external point of view. No describing her thoughts, just her actions and speech.…
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Characters
I’m thinking a lot about creating characters at the moment. I feel like there is someone I want to get to know just hovering beyond my perception. There are a couple in fact, I’m hoping to tell their stories soon. My creative process is image based. Sometimes a single image gives me a character and the story grows from that. Often the image and idea spark and off I go. Character is the imperative, I try and give my characters a sense of place and weight. Details that flesh them out and bring them to life. There are many stories out there which fail to work because the characters are…
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Why no nano?
I’m not doing Nanowrimo this year for a number of reasons. First the stress I cannot handle the stress of a new job panto rehearsals and committing to writing nearly 1700 words per day for thirty days. Written like that it doesn’t seem many but at the moment for me it really is. The creative juices that should be flowing are barely rippling in the breeze. I do know a lot of people who are tackling the marathon that is Nano and good luck to every single one of you, may the words flow from your fingers like dandelion heads in the wind. Part of me wishes I could commit,…
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Beginnings and Middles
I’m currently in a bit of a mire. I should be writing, I should be writing lots but I’m not. I’m stuck. The way my life is going is that I have recently started a new job, one that requires me to use more brain in day to day functions than I’ve had to in the past and I simply cannot find the energy spare to write. This is making me anxious. Writing has been as natural as breathing so when the ability to do so is reduced for whatever reason then I get jittery. Life is ridiculously busy, in addition to work there are rehearsals for a pantomime I…
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