May 2017 Round Robin Blog Fest
Welcome back to the Round Robin Blog Fest! After a brief hiatus for some family events and crazy work schedule, I'm back and ready to blog! This month's topic is: How do you go about developing your characters for a story? How much time do you spend or does it just happen in the writing process? What inspires it? I'm a pantser. For the uninitiated, I write from the top of my head, flying by the seat of my pants so to speak. My words and my characters flow from my head and heart through my hand and pen. Aside from the romanticism of creating my own characters, I observe people. I glean mannerisms from customers I serve, people I know, and from people watching in general. Once I have a basic character, I begin to work on backstory and finer details. For the most part, all of the bits and pieces fall into place during the writing process. Anything can inspire a new character - a dream, someone on television, a voice on the radio, even just a "what if.&q