Identity Crisis: Writing Character in Fiction by Ajay Close
It is a sad fact of life that, if you write fiction, there will always
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It is a sad fact of life that, if you write fiction, there will always
For most of us, it’s a condition easily treatable with a quick sip of honey
Think about your favourite books and, sure enough, it’s your favourite characters who take centre
We’ve all experienced this as a writer; the pulsing cursor, the blank page; the well
What I need up front is to find the right name for each of them.
You put twenty different authors into a room and ask them about their springboard for
As a primary school teacher who’s been writing for children for many years, I’m regularly
Dialogue, and the ensuing ping pong as my characters word-jive with each other, is my
Things have changed dramatically for women over the last hundred years, from the last of
Imagine watching a movie without any dialogue. Now think of the last movie you watched
Writer’s Health Warning: what follows is about my own perspective on creating characters and dialogues
All the time the voices are gabbing in my head. I do my utmost to
I’m not sure that I love every character I’ve ever written, actually, back in the
Briefly: In Twisted River two families come to an arrangement to swap homes on either
I never told as many lies as I did in the early stages of writing
If you’re from a journalism background, you’re not really used to making stuff up –
The Silk Merchant’s Daughter is all about the search for identity – a theme I
Well rounded, real, believable characters are literally the life blood of great fiction. It sounds
People often tell me that I write books very quickly. And if we’re just talking
When I began work on my novel, The Liar’s Chair, my intention was to write
