Tag Archive | character development

Character description: too much or not enough? #amwriting

Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy:
I love eBooks for the simple reason I have over 800 books, and I don’t have to dust them. I do buy paper books, but only those on writing craft or research for my work. I have managed to get nearly every book I ever loved…

How to make your characters likable?

By The Owl Lady April 19, 2018 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Or… Is it necessary that every character be likable? Need all characters be — pleasant, nice friendly, agreeable, affable, amiable, genial, personable, charming, popular, good-natured, engaging, appealing endearing convivial, congenial, simpatico, winning, delightful, enchanting, lovable, adorable, sweet, or lovely? Recently, I just finished a book but didn’t like a…

7 Helpful And Fun Ways To Create Characters

By The Owl Lady January 12, 2018 Leave a comment

Supporting Characters In Novels Need Love Too

By The Owl Lady January 12, 2018 Leave a comment

Refining Dialogue

By The Owl Lady March 9, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
In the midst of plotting, pondering, and (alternate?) world building, actual!writing, albeit within the confines of the mind, marches forth on this March Fourth. Pun quite intended. Amid the scene setting and character building is crafting the dialogue between the characters (spoken or implied) from which the…

World Building Options

By The Owl Lady March 3, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
While last week’s entry focused on the quasi-meta update of the Land of Exposition, (which has developed into an inadvertent and mostly improvised meta series separate from the main works in progress) the updates on the state of the primary work in progress (namely the MASC Chronicles)…

50 Shades of Mistakes That Sell Books #MondayBlogs

By The Owl Lady February 25, 2017 Leave a comment

I warn you now, this post is for the open minded. There are some books that are bound to cause controversy. 50 Shades of Grey is one of those books, so it makes sense that I don’t know many p… Source: 50 Shades of Mistakes That Sell Books #MondayBlogs

The State of the Land of Exposition

By The Owl Lady February 21, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Extract from The Tales from the Land of Exposition – Journal of Plot Monitor #9 Celestial Time Stamp: Later Than Anticipated Weather: Suspiciously mild, with bouts of random musings So it’s been a while since the last update, but the state of things in the Land of…

Illusions and Delusions

By The Owl Lady February 13, 2017 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
The notion of perspective and its involvement in shaping (just about) everything in the story remains at the forefront of the plotting and pondering process. Toying with the idea of multiple narrators (first or third) is an option to consider, as it’s an effective, if complex method…

Time To Write: Interview

By The Owl Lady February 12, 2017 Leave a comment

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