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| ZOMBIE CHIP AND ME, KILLING OFF CHARACTERS FOR FUN |
"Planning to write is not writing. Outlining... researching... talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing."
E L Doctorow
So far today I have:
- Fine tuned my outlined planning
- Researched detailed information I may need to use
- Chatted through my ideas for the final plot twist with several writing friends
Oh!
I thought I'd had such a good day ;)
I was trying to kill off a character.
Now, it's as if they'd never been - it was odd... how that happened.
My character arcs look more like a watercolour landscape - the shapes feel and look just right - tight.
My character arcs look more like a watercolour landscape - the shapes feel and look just right - tight.
HAVE YOU EVER FOUND THAT TAKING A CHARACTER OUT STRENGTHENED YOUR NOVEL?
Yep, I took out most of a family and left just one child. The book made a lot more sense after that. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Charity
ReplyDeleteI know what your mean and the change in clarity and focus.
But the poor orphaned mite, that sounds so sad in theory ;)
i didn't even use my real kids in my story based on truth--but it wasn't about the kids
ReplyDeleteHi Lynn
DeleteThat was a wise decision. The process of writing is a tricky thing to negotiate, I would always avoid creating a character anyone I know might recognise or think it referred to them.