How to make your characters sound like people: who are they talking to?
How well do you know your fictional characters?
July 23, 2013 By Shaquanda Dalton
Writing a novel is hard. A lot harder than it looks to the outside world of people who never tried to write. There’s plotting, revising, rewriting, rereading, and everything in between. Not to mention making the time to get that first draft done in the first place. One debate about the writing process I find […]
June 15, 2012 By Shaquanda Dalton
We’ve all had that one role model growing up that we wanted to be like. When I was 7 I wanted to be a Pokemon Master like Ash Ketchum and a Sailor Scout like Sailor Moon. They were strong, brave, and had lots of friends. Who wouldn’t want that? But as I got older I realized being […]
October 26, 2012 By Shaquanda Dalton
Look at all your characters’ point of view before publishing your story. Why When you can understand each of your character’s reasons for what they do you have a deeper meaning of your overall story It’s similar to seeing the enemy’s side of the story in a movie. The movie just doesn’t show the hero […]
February 3, 2013 By Shaquanda Dalton
Every good story has an even better protagonist. The character is one of things that keeps readers engaged in the story. Sure they read the back cover and have the plot pull them in, but what keeps them is the main character going through everything that the writer throws at them. That’s why it’s so important […]