Eva’s Byte #234: True Colors
In my neck of the woods, the oak and maple trees are beginning to show their true colors in a splendid array of orange, red, and yellow. An artist’s palette to behold, there’s a scientific reason behind it. Simply put, as the days get shorter and the nights become longer, trees are less able to replenish chlorophyll due to receiving a lesser amount of sunlight. So, to fortify against winter and prepare for the next growing season, each deciduous tree seals itself off, which stops the replenishment of chlorophyll. The leaves’ true colors then emerge before eventually falling off their respective trees.
In my capacity as a writer whose primary genre is Contemporary Women’s Fiction, it is my responsibility to show my characters’ true colors in order to create “Lit with Grit”. Just as a New England autumn season evolves before a leaf’s true colors emerge, so must my characters through the trials I put them through.
Actions speak louder than words for the evolvement of character traits. That’s when the reader sees their true colors: Reliable, Loyal, Dishonest, Immoral, Cunning, Unselfish…
Writing novels laced with realism and fully-fleshed characters is a lengthy and intense process for me. Therefore, I find it most endearing when I receive positive feedback from readers on the subject of character development. In that regard, I’m sharing a brief excerpt from a 5-Star review published at Amazon for my multi-award winning novel, An Enlightening Quiche (2016):
It was filled with fascinating, three-dimensional characters who seem to live and breathe on the page, the dialogue between them was honest and believable, a trick many authors never seem to achieve.
Furthering my WIP from Part 2, chapter 35, my characters must be evolving to show their true colors if I’ve become so attached to their personas, they have the wherewithal to incite tears from the situations I’ve placed them in.
No doubt about it, the bold brushstrokes wielded to create credible characters who show their true colors flourish from the writer’s heart.
Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
In my capacity as a writer whose primary genre is Contemporary Women’s Fiction, it is my responsibility to show my characters’ true colors in order to create “Lit with Grit”. Just as a New England autumn season evolves before a leaf’s true colors emerge, so must my characters through the trials I put them through.
Actions speak louder than words for the evolvement of character traits. That’s when the reader sees their true colors: Reliable, Loyal, Dishonest, Immoral, Cunning, Unselfish…
Writing novels laced with realism and fully-fleshed characters is a lengthy and intense process for me. Therefore, I find it most endearing when I receive positive feedback from readers on the subject of character development. In that regard, I’m sharing a brief excerpt from a 5-Star review published at Amazon for my multi-award winning novel, An Enlightening Quiche (2016):
It was filled with fascinating, three-dimensional characters who seem to live and breathe on the page, the dialogue between them was honest and believable, a trick many authors never seem to achieve.
Furthering my WIP from Part 2, chapter 35, my characters must be evolving to show their true colors if I’ve become so attached to their personas, they have the wherewithal to incite tears from the situations I’ve placed them in.
No doubt about it, the bold brushstrokes wielded to create credible characters who show their true colors flourish from the writer’s heart.
Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
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