Captivating Characters – Words Worth Writing

52 books: Writing the Killer Mystery

17 April 2020 Diane 52 books in 52 weeks

I set myself the goal of reading and reviewing 52 writing guides over 52 weeks. The initial year has sailed on by, and my last post was so long ago I couldn’t find it on my dashboard. I want to

Diary of a Novel: advance character work done

10 June 2019 Diane Diary of a Novel

Over the past two weeks, including the weekend, I’ve been quite busy doing a client edit that turned into a major rewrite. Writing uses up most of my creative energy. I gave up teaching because that depleted my supplies too.

Diary of a Novel: special characters – part 2

24 May 2019 Diane Diary of a Novel

Okay, at the start of this week I’d hit a brick wall and was struggling with whether or not to have a “supporter” character in my story. I’ve been playing around with this all week, shuffling between various scenarios. Could

Diary of a Novel: special characters – part 1

20 May 2019 Diane Diary of a Novel

Now, when I say “special” I don’t mean “special” as such, I mean “other important characters not mentioned already”. According to Ron D Voigts and Writing the Killer Mystery, these “special” characters consist of the following: sidekick opponent supporter My “sidekick”