S.P. Rowell's Blog, page 2
May 29, 2018
Killing the Character
The emotion I feel after killing off a character is probably the same as the reader. If it was easy, I need to ask whether they should have been there in the first place. I have a range of emotions when ending the life of an emotionally charged character, and I hope my readers feel, some remorse or glee depending on the role that character played.
I gave them this fictional life, and only I can take it away when the time is right of course. I might want to befriend them BUT THEY AINT REAL! Albeit sometimes they seem to beg me to carry them to the end.
Don’t know about you but I can spot a character in a film or novel designed with the sole purpose of being killed off in the hope it adds shock value. I try to avoid this and never set out with the aim that they won't be around for the end. If I’m shocked, its happened and didn't see it coming the reader will feel the same way. They might even put it down to good plotting! Zeta: Resin Pines
I gave them this fictional life, and only I can take it away when the time is right of course. I might want to befriend them BUT THEY AINT REAL! Albeit sometimes they seem to beg me to carry them to the end.
Don’t know about you but I can spot a character in a film or novel designed with the sole purpose of being killed off in the hope it adds shock value. I try to avoid this and never set out with the aim that they won't be around for the end. If I’m shocked, its happened and didn't see it coming the reader will feel the same way. They might even put it down to good plotting! Zeta: Resin Pines
May 26, 2018
Working on Agents of odd - Rip Eye
Hi everyone,
Still finding my feet here on good reads, thanks for your understanding and support.
I am currently working on the follow up to Woodrush towers – Agents of odd.
Agents of odd – Rip Eye has more of a fantasy element to it and is based ten years after Woodrush. I’m 10k words in and it reintroduces characters from Woodrush and some new compelling ones.
Big thanks to those who have shelved Zeta Resin Pines and Woodrush Towers Agents of Odd. I’m looking forward to receiving my first ratings. (Biting my nails to the bone.)
Still finding my feet here on good reads, thanks for your understanding and support.
I am currently working on the follow up to Woodrush towers – Agents of odd.
Agents of odd – Rip Eye has more of a fantasy element to it and is based ten years after Woodrush. I’m 10k words in and it reintroduces characters from Woodrush and some new compelling ones.
Big thanks to those who have shelved Zeta Resin Pines and Woodrush Towers Agents of Odd. I’m looking forward to receiving my first ratings. (Biting my nails to the bone.)
May 19, 2018
Zeta - resin pines
After I’ve read through a draft for the umpteenth time, I think of the little details that could go before a dramatic scene. I try and slip in clues and foreshadow, long before the climax. I hope the reader if only in part picks up on the fact the character doesn’t like spiders or was told something by someone in a bedtime story that the character emulates or recalls before firing the gun.
In Zeta – Resin Pines, the title Resin is an anagram of the protagonist's surname Siren, and his first name Snipe is an anagram of Pines. Both play a bigger part in the overall story, but I don’t want to give away the plot. Others appear throughout the story, and I’m confident that the majority of readers will never pick up on any, but some might and I had fun appealing to readers of all levels.
I believe hints and clues can make a good wholesome read but should never form a critical part of the story to be understood. I want the story to be easy to read and entertaining regardless of a reader picking up on every little detail along the way.
In Zeta – Resin Pines, the title Resin is an anagram of the protagonist's surname Siren, and his first name Snipe is an anagram of Pines. Both play a bigger part in the overall story, but I don’t want to give away the plot. Others appear throughout the story, and I’m confident that the majority of readers will never pick up on any, but some might and I had fun appealing to readers of all levels.
I believe hints and clues can make a good wholesome read but should never form a critical part of the story to be understood. I want the story to be easy to read and entertaining regardless of a reader picking up on every little detail along the way.
