How to Build Character Part 2
The character (including the apparently omniscient author) is the looking glass through which an audience will see the world you offer them, be it real seeming or fantastical. The deeper and more interesting and complex that character, the more interesting and complex and profound will be the view they offer of the world. Remember that [...]
How to build character Part 1
The door into any story is the character. That is why characterization is so important for a writer. It is so important that I am going to devote the last two blog posts to it. This is part one. You can built the most compelling world in your imagination or be brilliant at reproducing the [...]
To observe the world
No matter what kind of writing you do, if it is going to be real writing it must relate to the real world. The farther you plan to venture from reality, the more real your writing needs to be. Every good piece of writing has a dialogue with reality going on. It connects back to [...]
To read or not to read
Categories are useful. They are great ways to organize books or stories or just about anything. People who write tend to categorize themselves too, usually based on what they like to read. In one way this is a good thing because you are likely to be better at writing what you like to read, and [...]
Writing blog: get creative
Writing blog: get creative Part 1 – Place Most of you will know something about me, even if it is only my name or the name of one of my books, but can I introduce myself more personably with this little short film Penguin made for me.
As you see from it, [...]
