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Mar. 16th, 2025 10:46 pmMade it home. Rocket let me know what his thoughts were about the neighbors feeding him for a week. Rolls eyes. Things are a bit stressful with my blood sugar nearly 400 for reasons I don't get (it was around 250 in Mexico in spite of ALL the alcohol and desserts) and the jaw pain is back. Guess I'm calling a dentist too. Let's hit this with all the doctors because I'm not having this.
On the way here I was thinking you'll be too tired to do a writerly ways then thought you know what, let's ask this HOW do your characters first come to you (those of us doing original fiction). For me I tend to get their personalities and jobs first. For example, I can not stop thinking about this demon/goddess woman whose rule of gluttony was given over to a man (Beezlebub) and her empire of all inclusive resorts and Vegas casinos (and the idea that travel is good for stories). I do not know what she looks like but I have her thoughts.
I do wish I would get appearances more easily. I'm not sure if there is something off with my ability to 'see' my characters or if it has to do with my early start in fanfic. As some of you know in the 80s neither Elfquest nor Pern (both of which were big then) allowed you to use the actual characters just the world building so many of us to give the fan artists insight into our characters, would use celebrity faces as a starting point. I still tend to do that.
So how do you arrive at your characters? Hear them? See them? something else?
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On the way here I was thinking you'll be too tired to do a writerly ways then thought you know what, let's ask this HOW do your characters first come to you (those of us doing original fiction). For me I tend to get their personalities and jobs first. For example, I can not stop thinking about this demon/goddess woman whose rule of gluttony was given over to a man (Beezlebub) and her empire of all inclusive resorts and Vegas casinos (and the idea that travel is good for stories). I do not know what she looks like but I have her thoughts.
I do wish I would get appearances more easily. I'm not sure if there is something off with my ability to 'see' my characters or if it has to do with my early start in fanfic. As some of you know in the 80s neither Elfquest nor Pern (both of which were big then) allowed you to use the actual characters just the world building so many of us to give the fan artists insight into our characters, would use celebrity faces as a starting point. I still tend to do that.
So how do you arrive at your characters? Hear them? See them? something else?
Open Call
Space Opera Stories
Hachette Book Group Announces REQUITED: A New Adult Imprint Focused on Romantic, Bingeable Fiction
Last Girls Club Summer Issue 2025 A pro-feminist story with the idea of “For Your Own Good”
Dark Canadiana: An Anthology of Canadian Horror open only to Canadians
The Necronomicon of Sherlock Holmes Insert Sherlock Holmes into the realm of Lovecraftian Horror (pays very well)
Eerie River is open to Novels and Novellas from Canadian Authors
5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in March 2025
Temporal Lobe Literary: Now Seeking Submissions
27 Literary Journals Open to Publishing Reprints
From around the web
Want to Write Faster? How Tracking Your Word Count Can Boost Your Productivity
POV Deep Dive: The Second Person
How to Make Your Fantasy World Feel Real: 6 Pillars of Organic Worldbuilding
Brewing the First Line of a Poem: Starting Strong with Memorable Openings
From Betty
How I Junked the First Act to Save My Novel
5 Lessons I Learned from My 30-Day Writing Challenge
Write Emotional Scenes that Better Engage Readers
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Playing with Time
How to Choose the Perfect Talent for Your Character
How to Show Emotional Volatility
Character Secret Thesaurus: Hiding Wealth
Stop linking to Amazon already!
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March Forward, Write Now
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