How do you name your characters? Do you write the story first, using ‘protag’, as I do sometimes, then find a name which fits? Or do you plan the name beforehand? In The Story of O, O is never named. Neither is the woman in Rebecca. I love not knowing her name in Rebecca; a [...]
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Naming Characters
Posted in Characters on January 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Details
Posted in Characters on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The latest book I’m reading is “T0 the Castle” by Dorothea Malm. Published in 1957, I’m not sure where I got it from, but it cost me a dollar and has a dead insect squashed between the cover the the frontpiece. It’s described as a gothic romance, and so far the only romance on the [...]
Historical memory
Posted in Characters, tagged Characters on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I need to watch myself on when creating a character is to build the right historical memory. In a recent story, I had a 17 year old studying in 1942 for her final year of high school. She was snacking on carrot sticks and hommous dip, dried fruit, garlic bread and [...]
