Character Planning or Pants’ing?

Not a complicated blog post today – just simple observations. Some people require vast amounts of detailed histories on their character profiles, where they…

Character Creation

What’s the single most important contribution you give your story? It’s not just the plot… Let’s look at the logline. “It’s about a guy…

Writers… write and other ADHD musings

I bet the average book reader wonders if authors sit around and pontificate upon the motives and back stories of their characters. The answer…

Archetypes

I haven’t officially made a study of archetypes. What this is, is – heros. Your hero character. Let’s analyze some. Jack Ryan (Clancy) –…

“Where do you get your characters?”

Years ago, I came up with a concept for a novel where a group of people wake up, and find most of civilization just……