One key to writing a successful novel is to slip inside the skin of the characters.\u00c2\u00a0 Narrators can provide a buffer between the reader and the characters.\u00c2\u00a0 The reader gets to know the character from the narrator’s point of view which is not always reliable.\u00c2\u00a0 But when the reader gets to know what the character is thinking and feeling it can\u00c2\u00a0get the reader more involved.<\/p>\n
The last year or so I’ve seen more authors writing as their characters outside of their published work.\u00c2\u00a0 They create entire web sites and blogs for their characters.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is a nice\u00c2\u00a0blog by Jill Thompson for her\u00c2\u00a0character Magic Trixie<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 She posts often enough that readers know she’s still updating it.\u00c2\u00a0 Jill does the artwork and the posts so it takes quite a bit of time to update.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Some even answer interview questions as their characters.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s Beverly Stowe McClure’s interview with Lea Schizas and\u00c2\u00a0Lea’s characters Bubba and Giganto<\/a>.<\/p>\n Have you come across any character blogs or interviews lately that you find interesting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One key to writing a successful novel is to slip inside the skin of the characters.\u00c2\u00a0 Narrators can provide a buffer between the reader and the characters.\u00c2\u00a0 The reader gets to know the character from the narrator’s point of view which is not always reliable.\u00c2\u00a0 But when the reader gets to know what the character… Continue reading Writing As Your Characters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[152,804],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-magic-trixie","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1812,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1789\/revisions\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}