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FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR CHARACTERS (SO THE READER WILL TOO)

By: Jessica White

One of my favorite parts of writing is creating characters.  As a reader nothing makes me fall into a story faster than falling in love with a character.  It’s like meeting a new neighbor or making a new friend.  Even the antagonists are interesting to meet from the safety of my mind. I love watching them grow in depth and complexity, learning their quirks, hobbies, backstories, and what makes them tick.  You can tell the exact same plot line from a million points of view, and each time it will be a different story, because each character will make different decisions.

For many writers a character begins a bit preconceived.  You’ll know something distinct about how they look, their gender, age, and maybe one or two characteristics about them.  That first glimpse is the same information you’d get saying hello to the cashier at the supermarket or the lady waiting next to you in line.  In real life, we know that in that brief encounter we can only make assumptions about who they are from what they’re wearing or how they speak. Yet that is often all we give the reader to go on when we don’t dig deeper into getting to know our characters

So how do you get to know your character better? 

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Read the full article HERE!

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:

1. Survey: Facebook is Becoming a Primary News Source for Millennials | SocialTimes http://ow.ly/L9gAu
2. Fall in Love with Your Characters (So The Reader Will Too) — A Guest Post By Jessica White | http://ow.ly/Lampc
3. The Philosophy of Villains http://ow.ly/LamtQ #1: Self-Preservation and Individuality
4. Murder by 4: To Type or to Dictate? http://ow.ly/LamCO
5. How to Produce Audiobooks with Amazon ACX http://ow.ly/LamW0
6. Making A Writing Partnership Work - Elizabeth Spann Craig http://ow.ly/Lan1B
7. Fiction University: Ten Reasons Why You Should Write Historical Fiction http://ow.ly/Lan6o
8. Writer Unboxed » Four Questions To Ask When Your Writing Is Stuck http://ow.ly/LaneO
9. Karen Woodward: Part 3: GO - The Protagonist Enters An Unfamiliar Situation http://ow.ly/LanBH
10. Syphoning Nightmare Fuel | Drew Chial http://ow.ly/LanLY  The Difference Between Dream Logic and Story Logic
11. How to Use Lyrics Without Paying a Fortune or a Lawyer by Helen Sedwick — The Book Designer http://ow.ly/LanTU
12. How To Win Sales And Influence Algorithms | David Gaughran http://ow.ly/Lao5H
13. Southern Writers - Suite T: Authors: Let’s not accessorize our nouns and objects. Okay? http://ow.ly/Laoar
14. How to Make an Explainer Video: Learn the Step-by-Step Production Process | Social Media Today http://ow.ly/LaonW
15. What You Need to Know About Crowdfunded Publishing   | Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/LaoQj
16. CreateSpace & Ingram Spark | Advice for Authors Who Self-Publish http://ow.ly/LaoTX
17. Making Digital Proofreading Easier for Illustrated Books, Textbooks - Publishing Perspectives http://ow.ly/Lap1u
18. Survey: Facebook is Becoming a Primary News Source for Millennials | SocialTimes http://ow.ly/Lap5x
19. AdviceToWriters - Dialogue http://ow.ly/Lap9y
20. The Makings of an Unprofessional Editor | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/Lapml
21. Business Musings: The Hard Part | Kristine Kathryn Rusch http://ow.ly/LapsU
22. Ep 020: “The Business of Being An Author” | Book Marketing Tools Blog http://ow.ly/LapxL
23. Rejection May Not Be Personal, But ... | Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/Laxu7
24. Polyamory http://ow.ly/LaxEt  Daily Writing Tips

Happy writing and running, Kathy