crcook (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} crcook) wrote,@ 2009-05-19 11:25:00 |
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Slow hand
Come visit me at kidlit central, where I try to pace myself with character development. Here's a teaser for you:
What do you do when someone reads your first five or ten pages and says, "I want to know more about this character." Even though they might say, "Where does this person live?" or "What does this person look like?" it really isn't about "rank and file" info: name, age, location, heritage, eye color, height, weight, favorite color. What they really are saying is "I'm not getting enough to get a sense of who this person is."
Terms like "sensory details" "voice" "action verbs" get tossed around a lot, but what is the magical combination of all these elements that begats the perfect word choice, the perfect pace for revelation?
Come visit me at kidlit central, where I try to pace myself with character development. Here's a teaser for you:
What do you do when someone reads your first five or ten pages and says, "I want to know more about this character." Even though they might say, "Where does this person live?" or "What does this person look like?" it really isn't about "rank and file" info: name, age, location, heritage, eye color, height, weight, favorite color. What they really are saying is "I'm not getting enough to get a sense of who this person is."
Terms like "sensory details" "voice" "action verbs" get tossed around a lot, but what is the magical combination of all these elements that begats the perfect word choice, the perfect pace for revelation?
