Kimberly Fish's Blog - Posts Tagged "characters"

Though I wasn't smart enough to figure this out at the beginning of my novel crafting life, writing scenes to specific music has given an intuition to my character's actions and comments--a zest that was missing before. It helped to sit down one afternoon and think through what style of music--and why--would appeal to the people coming to life on my pages. Some characters love music, love to dance, and can't hear a tune without tapping their fingers. Other don't even acknowledge that they recognize a particular singer or group. Much like personality profiles help to craft a character, music has a role to play too. Plus, it's fun learning this aspect of a character and using that knowledge to make the story more authentic.

I'm in between professional critiques and a final edit for the new novel, Harmon General, and find myself with lots of time available that I can't devote to my WIP, Harmon General. So, what's a writer to do??
Call me crazy, but I've started playing around with the next book idea, taking the characters who walked onto the page in The Big Inch, reveled in the limelight with Harmon General, and now are wanting to know what fun they can get up to next. So, I'm letting them explore another plot. I'm not sure this will turn into a Book 3, or if it's just me working off nervous energy, but one thing is definite, Zeke and Lane are not done yet, and it may be time to tell Zeke's story for readers. I may not get back to these pages after next month once the last leg of production goes forward for Harmon General, but this has been fun, and I'll let you know what comes of it.