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October 8, 2014
The ABCs of Literature — A Listlet
I wrote my own “quiz”/listlet (yes, I just made up that word) a couple of years ago and thought it would be fun to revisit it. If you like it, feel free to re-post on your blog or Facebook page, and be sure to come back and share the link in a comment! My ABCs […]
October 7, 2014
Creating Characters–Is the Devil in the Details?
A somewhat controversial topic has been raised on one of my writers’ loops: the poster posed the question of whether giving specific descriptions of characters’ clothing and age is a convention of the romance genre, stating that she finds it annoying to have to read what color someone’s sweater is, and that a character’s specific […]
October 6, 2014
Creating Characters—What’s in a Name?
The longer I’m around writers, the more I realize that there are as many ways to come up with characters and characters’ names as there are writers. When I start developing a character, the first thing I have to do is cast him or her with a Real World Template. Most of the time, the […]
October 3, 2014
Fun Friday: Literature’s Most Desirable Heroes (IMO)
Reposted from 2012 I got this idea from a blog post on Mental Floss. These are my picks. Feel free to post yours in the comments! 10. Dr. Peter Blood, Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini . . . there entered now into his presence a spruce and modish gentleman, dressed with care and sombre richness in […]
October 2, 2014
Costume Drama Thursday: The Making of a Lady
Earlier this year, I posted a review of The Making of a Marchioness/The Methods of Lady Walderhurst, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. And the reason I read the book is because of this film, which aired Stateside in the winter. Title: The Making of a Lady Historical Setting: England, Late Victorian/Early Edwardian Era Starring: Lydia […]
October 1, 2014
A Criminal Minds Favorites Fest
Seasons 1–9 Spoilers abound . . . Favorite Episode by Character: Hotch – “100” (season 5) Rossi – “Epilogue” (season 7) Morgan – “Profiler, Profiled” (S2) / “Restoration” (S8) JJ – “200” (season 9) Reid – “Zugzwang” (season 8) Penelope – “Lucky”/“Penelope” (season 3) Prentiss – “52 Pickup” (season 4) Will – “Hit” / “Run” […]
September 30, 2014
Be Your Own Casting Director: Isn’t This All Just a Big Waste of Time?
Why bother finding visual templates for our characters? After all, we’re writing stories, not casting a movie. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I can’t write if I haven’t cast my characters—even my secondary (non-viewpoint) characters. I am so visually oriented that if I don’t have a concrete physical […]
September 28, 2014
Be Your Own Casting Director: Using Real World Templates in Character Development
So far, we’ve looked at what Character Casting is, four types of Character Casting, and creating a Casting Book. So today, we’re going to go beyond the fun part of character casting and into the more fun part/the working part of it. How does Character Casting help with Character Development? Once you have cast your […]
September 26, 2014
Fun Friday: The Dog Days of Autumn
Doggies plus autumn. What could be better?!?! Filed under: Authors/Reading
September 25, 2014
Costume-Drama Thursday: Pompeii (2014)
Title: Pompeii Historical Setting: Pompeii, Roman Empire, 79 CE Starring: Kit Harrington, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kiefer Sutherland, Sasha Roiz Original Release Year: 2014 This movie didn’t make much of a blip at the box-office when it released back in February, and for those reviewers who did see it, it was largely panned. I, however, […]
