Short answer: Because I’m a hockey fan! Long answer: I like to add a little everyday culture into my books. My characters read books, they watch movies, and they follow sports, just like a lot of other people do. These types of things help give characters a little personality, a little backstory, and they are […]
What’s In A Name? How the Name Affects Your Characters
One of the first things, and in my opinion, the funnest, you get to do when you start a new story is pick names for your characters. They can be goofy names or poetic names or boring names, depending on who the character is and what their personality is like. A lot of my characters […]
How Buffy the Vampire Slayer Helped My Writing
Lots of people might scoff at the idea of “watching” a story instead of “reading” a story for inspiration, but for visual learners like me, it’s a great option. I love television and film just as much as I love reading. And these days, you have to admit, there are just as many bad television […]
Genre Versus Characters: The Writing Process
Writing for a genre versus writing your characters are different processes. They require different approaches and organization, and the characters themselves will not be the same if they were written into two stories with the same plot–one written with the genre approach and the other with the character (development) approach. A story based around the […]