A Day In The Life — First Draft Style
My name is Alice. For now. Her choice, not mine. I don’t get choices. I was Stella originally, which I loved – it means star, and though I’m one of … Continue reading
Celebrating Minor Characters
When you look at fan pages on the internet, it doesn’t take long to notice that many minor characters in both classic and modern literature are adored. Whether its the cheeky and … Continue reading
Building Characters from Scratch – Where do I begin?
I’m often asked how writers create characters. I completely understand why people want to know – after all, we start with nothing and, if everything goes well, end up with … Continue reading
What comes first?
This week on Author Allsorts we’re blogging about voice – do we as writers decide on voice before you start writing or does it emerge? My story is a bit … Continue reading
Emma Haughton: Do we see out characters as role models?
Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) in the Coen Brother’s remake of True Grit. How often do you read a book and think to yourself, ‘Now, what I’d do in their situation … Continue reading
Kill your darlings
I never killed anyone I really loved until the long, cold winter I spent writing my second novel. I had killed before, of course. In Night School I killed one … Continue reading
Dreaming up a new character and bringing them to life on the page… by Clara Vulliamy
I can only invent a new character with a pencil in my hand and a scrap of paper in front of me: what they look like and who they are … Continue reading
Naming Characters
Naming characters is something I find either incredibly easy or impossibly difficult. Some characters stroll into my head complete with a name. The main character in my Earth Girl trilogy … Continue reading
Character development
Character sketching is one of my favourite things to do. When we read a book, we all immediately visualise what these characters may look like. Time and again we are … Continue reading
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