Developing Characters
Recently I received a wonderful review from New York Journal of Books for Lingering Spirit http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/2010/07/lingering-spirit-by-marilyn-meredith.html and at the end, the reviewer wrote "Meredith is a master of characterization. She fully rounds out the facets of her protagonists' personalities and richly develops the details of the supporting case. She does not hit any false notes with her dialogue and builds strong relationships among her characters...." Great to read about one's work, of course, but thought maybe I should write a blog about developing characters that might help aspiring authors. When I'm thinking up a characters, I visualize the person in my mind. Once I've got all the physical characteristics set, then I choose the name that I think fits that character. Always be sure when picking names not to use names in the story you're writing that have the same first letter, sound alike, rhyme or all have the same number of s