Stories are not just about the characters on the page. True, they hold the bulk of our attention, but they would not exist outside of the world in which they live. We're taught as authors that in order to sell the books that we write, we have to have character and conflict. There are even … Continue reading A More Textured Story
Tag: World Building
Character Building
So I've been talking a lot about all this world building stuff and it occurs to me that the creation of character is intimately involved in this process. Elizabeth Bennett would not be the character so many women love if not for her house full of sisters, her loud mother, and her bookworm of a … Continue reading Character Building
World Building – Graphic Detail Edition #1
Right now the boys (one mine, one his friend who stayed over for the night) are fixing the cushions on my sofa. They made a fort to sleep in for the night and my living room was a mess of brown pillows and mismatched blankets that I had to step over to get to my … Continue reading World Building – Graphic Detail Edition #1