She will become a friend of Salli Joel my POV.
(note I added a second L in Salli. It came automatically as I typed, so is meant to be.
Jeptha Johnson (Jep) comes into Salli's life. He is an orphan. A determined young man.
Salli gives birth and this is Will Joel in his teens.
So there you have it, my characters are gradually coming to life in Ripped Genes.
Do you collect images to bring your characters to life. Does it help your writing process?
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When I don't have a clear picture of my characters in my head, I definitely use images to bring them into focus. I find it really helpful!
It sounds very intriguing. I liked the fact that you have pictures to go with your characters. It makes them real and for a second I thought I was reading about a film already made. Good luck with it all.
Great choices! I've done this too. It's great putting proper faces to their names and personalities!
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Great idea, Glynis! That's what Margaret Mitchell did when she was writing "Gone With the Wind." (I heard this story second-hand a long time ago and have no way to verify it, but I do trust the person's veracity who told it to me.) All during the writing, Mitchell envisioned it becoming a movie and she had photos of movie stars she wanted to play the roles. This is a great trivia source, btw. The person she saw as Rhett Butler... are you ready?... was Groucho Marx. He was actually considered a handsome man when he began. And, the real stunner is the actress she saw as Scarlett and had her picture on her desk was... (sit down...)... Lucille Ball. In Ball's first movies, she was a blonde and played straight parts. She later dyed her hair red and became a comedienne, but early in her career (at this time) she was drop-dead gorgeous.
I do the same thing--put up pictures for my primary characters. But... for my antagonist, I always use a self-photo...
I love this idea, Glynis. I've must begun my fiction manuscript and am using dashes for names and have no visual images for how they look. Thank you.
Karen
This is SO cool... i love the expressiveness of the pics you chose... they'll come to life as fabulous characters!
I've never selected photos for my characters, although it seems evry writer I visit has done so.
All the time. I blogged about this a month or so ago. Jessica Alba was who I modeled one of the characters after. Why not? Whatever helps develop characters should be used.
Stephen Tremp
A very interesting idea. I usually picture a character in my head when I am reading a novel and if I have decided he/she is blond there is no way the author is going to make me believe he/she is a red-head even if there is a detailed description. How bad is that???
you know, i've never really thought of this before, but this is great advice, glynis - i imagine my characters in my head, but they have always been pastiches of people i actually know in my life. it would be fun to try out your method sometime...
That's a very cool idea! I ask my students who would play a character when we are reading, but I haven't tried it in my own writing - but I might now!
I usually "listen" to them for a time before writing them into a story. Makes me feel like a total nutjob - an adult with imaginary friends - but it does the trick!
I think I feel the characters more than see them. But you and a few other bloggers on my list do what you're doing. I think it's fascinating, and certainly one way to do it. We do what works for us.
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Ann
Yeah, I have a new laptop! Now I can play again. Thanks for all of the comments.
I usually have an idea of what my character looks like in my mind. I then plough through pics to find the closest. It helps to have a visual at times.
Happy scribbling folks.
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