Guest Post: Catrina Taylor (16/07)
This week's question on the TTC Virtual Blog Tour was: Title/Characters – How they came to be and what influenced your choices – what is your process? And this week I have Catrina Taylor as a guest on my blog! Let's give her a warm welcome!
(Also, I'm so close to 300 followers on this blog now! YAY!)
Character Creation without a Plan I’m supposed to discuss character creation. That’s a challenge for me. Not because I don’t have characters in my books. Every book has characters and every character changes in each book. Simple enough from one perspective, but in reality, discussing character creation is difficult from my perspective. The simple reason is that for me, characters are very much alive. My characters are a creation of my imagination, but they live, breath, fight, win, and die there.
For me, the creation process is like having a conversation with a friend who tells me about their life. Yes, as the author I hone it, polish it and make it come alive for the reader, but first, my characters are alive for me. They talk to me and develop along with the words placed on the paper. I create as the story unfolds. I don’t know what will come of it, or who I will meet until I begin so, character creation just flows as part of the project. With limited conscious references, and less conscious development, the characters evolve as the world unfolds around them.
Perhaps for me, creating a character is like taking a walk with a friend to learn everything they can share about themselves. It isn’t a science, a plan or an organization, it just is. I suppose you can call it a ‘pantsers plan to character creation’ as I write by the seat of my pants.
About My Guest
Catrina Taylor is a mother, science fiction author and avid reader. She enjoys character driven fiction, both in creation and for leisure. Her first book, Birth of an Empire: The Beginning was released in November 2011. She has since released two short stories as prequels to the Birth of an Empire Series, with many more slated for release this year along side book two, Consequences.
You can get in touch with Catrina on twitter as TheLadyWrites or on Facebook at http://facebook.com/xarrok and you can learn more about the universe at http://xarrok.com
-Joseph
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(Also, I'm so close to 300 followers on this blog now! YAY!)
Character Creation without a Plan I’m supposed to discuss character creation. That’s a challenge for me. Not because I don’t have characters in my books. Every book has characters and every character changes in each book. Simple enough from one perspective, but in reality, discussing character creation is difficult from my perspective. The simple reason is that for me, characters are very much alive. My characters are a creation of my imagination, but they live, breath, fight, win, and die there.
For me, the creation process is like having a conversation with a friend who tells me about their life. Yes, as the author I hone it, polish it and make it come alive for the reader, but first, my characters are alive for me. They talk to me and develop along with the words placed on the paper. I create as the story unfolds. I don’t know what will come of it, or who I will meet until I begin so, character creation just flows as part of the project. With limited conscious references, and less conscious development, the characters evolve as the world unfolds around them.
Perhaps for me, creating a character is like taking a walk with a friend to learn everything they can share about themselves. It isn’t a science, a plan or an organization, it just is. I suppose you can call it a ‘pantsers plan to character creation’ as I write by the seat of my pants.
About My Guest
Catrina Taylor is a mother, science fiction author and avid reader. She enjoys character driven fiction, both in creation and for leisure. Her first book, Birth of an Empire: The Beginning was released in November 2011. She has since released two short stories as prequels to the Birth of an Empire Series, with many more slated for release this year along side book two, Consequences.
You can get in touch with Catrina on twitter as TheLadyWrites or on Facebook at http://facebook.com/xarrok and you can learn more about the universe at http://xarrok.com
-Joseph
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