Barbara
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I am a inspiring writer and I have written a book and am moving on to my second book. I am starting a science fiction book and I want to know what tips you could tell me in making your writing consistent and having your characters have good depth and your MC be able to be connected to other charters in your novel?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Well, first, wrest back control of your auto-correct feature, which is stabbing you in the back.
I am not a writing teacher -- also, characterization is not a conscious process for me, which makes it hard to break down into teachable bits -- but I promise you will find much to chew on at Pat Wrede's writing blog at http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/ You can use its search function to winnow the offerings, for example by typing "characterization" or other likely keywords into the search box at the top.
I see she also has her excellent Worldbuilding piece up, now divided into subsections: https://www.pcwrede.com/fantasy-world... It focuses on fantasy, but much is equally applicable to SF.
And, of course, there is her blog collection Wrede on Writing, available as a separate ebook, very convenient.
Ta, L.
I am not a writing teacher -- also, characterization is not a conscious process for me, which makes it hard to break down into teachable bits -- but I promise you will find much to chew on at Pat Wrede's writing blog at http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/ You can use its search function to winnow the offerings, for example by typing "characterization" or other likely keywords into the search box at the top.
I see she also has her excellent Worldbuilding piece up, now divided into subsections: https://www.pcwrede.com/fantasy-world... It focuses on fantasy, but much is equally applicable to SF.
And, of course, there is her blog collection Wrede on Writing, available as a separate ebook, very convenient.
Ta, L.
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