Monday, September 19, 2016

My Dark Characters

CREATING THE MOOD FOR DARK CHARACTERS





Is sometimes difficult when your mind isn't 'dark'.

So sometimes setting the MOOD
with 
Music is a good start.

GANGSTA from SUICIDE SQUAD
and HEATHENs
Helped me this version

Wha
What do you use to deal with DARK MOODS
DARK CHARACTERS
DARK...places?


Monday, September 5, 2016

Wrestling with Characters



Yep, I feel like this sometimes. The development of a character is a give and take. Authors come up with various ways in which they are 'introduced' to their characters.

By dreaming about a character at night.

Day dreaming about a character.

Inspiration from a person in daily life.

An event.

An alter ego.

What ever the means is that a character is introduced. Sometimes development of the character is difficult.

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTERS

Since I am a visual person, I may go about this differently than most authors.

1) I find a picture and likeness of my character
2) I paste them on my screen or wall
3) I jot down three good qualities about them
4) I jot down three negative qualities about them
5) I write out what I want to improve in their personality
6) I play with their dialogue
7) I note their major moods
8) I list their 'ticks' or habit, repeated words they like to say

Once I've built this, I dive into writing. When I get stuck, I go to my picture and list of qualities for inspiration.