Wednesday, January 28, 2009

*** The 38 ***



7 DON'T USE REAL PEOPLE IN YOUR STORY...

...when you can create vivid, compelling characters through exaggeration.

* Use tags that repeatedly identify the character
* Base characters' actions on goals, reasons, that reader can identify
* In short fiction character is almost always consistent with background


Today's writing: 1 hour/1.6 pages (new story)
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2 comments:

  1. RickOJanuary 29, 2009 at 7:37 AM

    I'm gonna use you, see... and I'm gonna use your family, and your friends... and your neighbors and real people you don't even know...
    and you're gonna like it.

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  2. Michelle GarnerJanuary 30, 2009 at 6:11 AM

    I think I'm going to write a story about the life of Trenton.

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