Comments on: The Accidental Birth of a Character

By: Meka James

Meka James — Thu, 10 May 2018 21:35:21 +0000

People watching is fun. I don’t get out as much, but when I do, I’m always checking out those around me. Like you, I don’t know beforehand what my characters will be. I get a basic idea of who they are when I get the story idea, and they form as the story does. Now I’ve goofed because I can’t remember stuff and mixed up eye color or something, but yay for betas and CPs that catch that sort of thing.

By: Raine Balkera

Raine Balkera — Mon, 07 May 2018 18:11:00 +0000

SUCH a writer thing! Awhile back, my daughter and I made a ‘harrowing’ trip to the thumb region to watch the sun set over Saginaw Bay. It should have been an easygoing, two-hour jaunt but became awful from the get-go. By the time we arrived, we plunked down at our table in a diner and just stared in silence for at time. When I saw that my daughter was near tears, I looked around at all the other people there, talking, laughing, chowing, quietly disciplining their kids… I smiled at my daughter and said, “Just think, all us strangers are here at the very minute in time and will soon go our separate ways again.” She perked up, glanced around, and by the time our meals arrived, we’d created whole lives for a few of the other patrons and she had nearly forgotten the awful things we’d seen in order to get there. 😀 It’s fun! Thanks so much for sharing the good advice!

By: Molly Daniels

Molly Daniels — Fri, 04 May 2018 14:02:07 +0000

LMAO…..my mom and I were stuck in traffic last month, and started watching two vultures…..I started making up dialogue, and next thing I know, my mom started doing the ‘voice’ of one while I did the other! Gave me a great idea for my next story, b/c now those two are ‘in my head’ and won’t leave me alone!