The Importance of Character
I have a plot line. I have characters. I have everything I need to start a rough draft of the third book in my Hazel Whitmore series. So why has it taken me two weeks to write 7600 words?
Because I really didn't know my antagonist. I only knew what she was going to do. The why and how were left to work themselves out. Except they didn't.
Back to square one. Giving a name to a character, giving actions to a character, describing a character do not drive a plot or make it believable. So, after mulling it over, Linda Whitmore now has a reason to begin the action, a rationale for the action, a trigger to begin the action and the opportunity.
Now I start the draft over - almost - again. This time it should be full of story and plot, not word adding nothings.
Because I really didn't know my antagonist. I only knew what she was going to do. The why and how were left to work themselves out. Except they didn't.
Back to square one. Giving a name to a character, giving actions to a character, describing a character do not drive a plot or make it believable. So, after mulling it over, Linda Whitmore now has a reason to begin the action, a rationale for the action, a trigger to begin the action and the opportunity.
Now I start the draft over - almost - again. This time it should be full of story and plot, not word adding nothings.
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