Comments on: Unveiling a new craft month http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-116557 Therese Walsh Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:26:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-116557 Hi Maureen, it is a great photo, isn't it? Flickr's Lá caitlin is one of my favorites. Her link is at the bottom of the post. Hi Maureen, it is a great photo, isn’t it? Flickr’s Lá caitlin is one of my favorites. Her link is at the bottom of the post.

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]]> By: maureen http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-116533 maureen Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:53:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-116533 Amazing photograph, where did you find it? Amazing photograph, where did you find it?

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111991 Therese Walsh Fri, 01 May 2009 11:46:14 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111991 Great ideas, everyone. Keep them coming! Great ideas, everyone. Keep them coming!

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]]> By: Becky Levine http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111930 Becky Levine Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:40:08 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111930 I'd love to see a discussion about the idea that secondary characters reflect (in some way) an aspect of the hero--how you juggle/balance that with making each of them independent/interesting characters in their own right. I’d love to see a discussion about the idea that secondary characters reflect (in some way) an aspect of the hero–how you juggle/balance that with making each of them independent/interesting characters in their own right.

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]]> By: thea http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111878 thea Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:20:03 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111878 i'd like some pointers about characterization within your 'hook' - those pages you're sending off to an agent or editor - say, when you've got a character who i know needs to grow because he's sort of unlikeable or you want him to appear villianous at first. i’d like some pointers about characterization within your ‘hook’ – those pages you’re sending off to an agent or editor – say, when you’ve got a character who i know needs to grow because he’s sort of unlikeable or you want him to appear villianous at first.

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]]> By: C.S. http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111866 C.S. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:32:20 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111866 Sounds like a fabulous idea. Plotting month was a huge help so going over characterization will be an added bonus. I'd appreciate it if someone could talk about not loving characters too much to the point where they take up more space in a book than you want them too (not just secondary characters, but antagonists and protags too). Coming up with complex characters isn't too hard, but keeping them in check is a balancing act. Sounds like a fabulous idea. Plotting month was a huge help so going over characterization will be an added bonus. I’d appreciate it if someone could talk about not loving characters too much to the point where they take up more space in a book than you want them too (not just secondary characters, but antagonists and protags too). Coming up with complex characters isn’t too hard, but keeping them in check is a balancing act.

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]]> By: Lorna Suzuki http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111864 Lorna Suzuki Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:57:08 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111864 I'd love to hear how other writers create their characters. Once I know the story I want to tell, it's almost like a casting call for characters takes place in my mind. Do other writers go through this same process or are characters created along the way as the story moves forward? I’d love to hear how other writers create their characters. Once I know the story I want to tell, it’s almost like a casting call for characters takes place in my mind. Do other writers go through this same process or are characters created along the way as the story moves forward?

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]]> By: LJCohen http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111850 LJCohen Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:26:03 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2009/04/30/unveiling-a-new-craft-month/#comment-111850 How do you embrace your inner antagonist? :) If you are writing in multi POV, and one of your POV characters is the antagonist, are there tricks to really inhabit the more unsavory characters and 'love' them as much as the protagonists? How do you embrace your inner antagonist? :) If you are writing in multi POV, and one of your POV characters is the antagonist, are there tricks to really inhabit the more unsavory characters and ‘love’ them as much as the protagonists?

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