by Jill Williamson | Jun 1, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonI talked about describing characters last week. I wanted to expand on that a bit. Editors and writing instructors vary on their insistence that setting and characters be described fully. Some say leave it and let the reader imagine everything. Others...
by Jill Williamson | May 29, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonSince today is John F. Kennedy’s birthday, in which he would have turned ninety-five years old, and since Stephen King recently released 11/22/63, a novel about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination, it got me thinking about...
by Jill Williamson | May 25, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonI’m currently working on a dystopian novel in which the village my main characters live in was attacked and all of my characters lost loved ones.I know that this is a big deal, so I’ve been studying grief and how it affects people so that I can...
by Jill Williamson | May 22, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonHow you describe your characters depends on who your point of view character is. If you’re writing a female, she might describe clothing, give fabric and designer details, or compare herself to the person she’s looking at. A male point of...
by Jill Williamson | May 18, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonIn case you haven’t noticed… I like lists. But I promise these will be my last lists for a while. *grin*As with my post on hobbies and skills, I also like to think about my characters’ traits, both positive and negative. In fact,...
