Are my characters “me” in disguise?
On writing characters… You can never tell with authors. They tend to write a part of themselves into their characters. Sometimes they even include a part of people they know. It’s difficult to tell sometimes, though. I honestly can see facets of my personality in each of my characters. Whether it is dialogue like my own speech (Pappy Oh) or an act that I would perform (Hope). It is threaded in there. I see my own naivety in Shannon. I see my love for creatures in Alyssa and I see my strength in Hope. And I also see bits of
The Rules of Writing
Break them or keep them? if you have followed me for any length of time you know that my opinion on writing rules and like that is pretty strong. Rules of writing- we hates them, precious They have their purpose, of course, to instruct the rank beginner so that they don’t fall into crevices and crevasses. But there comes a time, dear friends, when a writer has to know when to use the rules and when to break them. I am one of those. After writing over a million words (that’s what the rule says!) I can say I am
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