tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post3493745086293518031..comments2023-08-21T04:25:48.707-05:00Comments on Praise, Prayers and Observations: Really Know Your CharactersJessica Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18320362797117599955noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-65700082933359477932010-04-12T05:04:57.103-05:002010-04-12T05:04:57.103-05:00We add bits and pieces of personality, etc with ev...We add bits and pieces of personality, etc with every read-thru and rewrite. <br /><a href="http://www.bpojobsathome.com" rel="nofollow"> home jobs india </a>prashanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04583385332262124749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-32780546906979337522010-03-29T19:34:46.529-05:002010-03-29T19:34:46.529-05:00You're so right. Terrific characters are memor...You're so right. Terrific characters are memorable. When I think of my favorite books, it's the characters I remember. Leave it to a writer to see something about writing in every activity.Jan Rider Newmanhttp://janridernewman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-11550504390109679252010-03-29T15:31:59.079-05:002010-03-29T15:31:59.079-05:00No, Erica, I don't do all the worksheets, etc....No, Erica, I don't do all the worksheets, etc. I know some authors who do but I'm always anxious to get right into my story too. :) Funny how we all have our own methods -- and how they all seem to work! :) Just goes to show that there's more than ONE way to write a novel, huh?Jessica Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320362797117599955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-22912511036707038602010-03-29T14:58:52.059-05:002010-03-29T14:58:52.059-05:00Jess, do you do character interviews and worksheet...Jess, do you do character interviews and worksheets? I'm always in such a hurry to start the book, I tend only to know the bare bones of characterization, what they want, and their economic/educational background.Erica Vetschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772984806574666959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-45930853372561199902010-03-28T13:27:58.421-05:002010-03-28T13:27:58.421-05:00Oh Jake... I DO hear voices. I really do. :-)Oh Jake... I DO hear voices. I really do. :-)Jessica Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320362797117599955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-63741023543181805002010-03-28T13:27:07.962-05:002010-03-28T13:27:07.962-05:00Come on, Jake, you could pull together a novel. Ch...Come on, Jake, you could pull together a novel. Characterization certainly isn't the hardest part of writing. I remember how much personality you gave that woodpecker you wrote about. :)<br /><br />Seriously, if you have a glint of an idea for a novel, don't let anything discourage you. <br />Especially me!<br /><br />Most of us write in layers. We don't just sit down and create fully blown characters. We add bits and pieces of personality, etc with every read-thru and rewrite. <br /><br />All those weird people you know will work in a book--just change them to the point they don't recognize themselves. <br /><br />Something funny: no matter what you write about, everyone you know will believe they're a character in your book whether they are or not. That's just the way it is. :)Jessica Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320362797117599955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3419861560916618815.post-91207800353001826372010-03-28T10:55:46.338-05:002010-03-28T10:55:46.338-05:00Jess...reading your article about knowing your cha...Jess...reading your article about knowing your characters...proves to me that there is no possible way that a fictional book from me is in my near future....however, I could certainly write one that covers factual folks I have been associated with from work or life in general... can you get writers insurance when you start writing about people's lives and the type of characters they are..???<br /><br />SAAALute to you and the others that are capable, willing, slightly slanted towards fictional writing.... I may be more sane than I first imagined...just don't be jealous because I hear the voices and you don't....Jake Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520427614944943330noreply@blogger.com