Tag Archive | characters
Have Fun Creating Characters
Creating characters is by far my favourite part of the writing process. It gives you an idea of what it must be like to be God, as you mould your characters into what ever images you choose. As you add quirky little details to them, like the funny way they hold their cup, or their […]
Writing About Food
I’ve always wanted a job writing menus for restaurants. To me, menus are a form of word alchemy. Lumps of meat become braised lamb, loin of pork, rump steak. Stew is transformed into cassoulet or bouillabaisse. The humble spud is sautéed or gratinated. Cheese isn’t just cheese. It’s Crozier Blue, Peccorino, feta. And all these […]
How Writers Relate to Their Characters
When you’re a writer, you get to play God. You have the privilege of breathing life into a character, making them into a believable human being. To a writer, their characters are no less important than their friends or family. And they know just as much about them as they know about their friends or […]
Four Ingredients of Story: Setting
Setting is the 3D of writing. It turns story into a world and if you pay attention to describing that world, you’ll hook your readers in.
Meet the Cast of The Pink Cage
I’ve been blowing my trumpet about my novel, The Pink Cage, so hard for the last few weeks that I’ve been forgetting to tell people what the novel’s about. And it’s about time I did. For me, novels are all about the characters, so allow me to introduce the cast of The Pink Cage Astrid […]
