Where do we find characters?
1. steal them-we’re surrounded by fabulous people-students-
2. disguise them if it’s unflattering,
3. uses self. Steal relentlessly from yourself.
4. Cast the book as if I’m writing a play
5. When we really write specific, we usually get something that people can understand
6. Finds for each of her main characters a photo that looks like them
7. Clip articles about cool characters and the things they do.
8. If we’re alert to story, we find them everywhere
9. wrote a YA novel based on a babysitter,
10. Create them from the whole cloth-answer questions about characters
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I love hearing how different authors work, think, create. Thanks for sharing these so often, Pat. I always learn from your blog. Are you going to SCBWI New York this year?
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