tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post2526901632856254286..comments2024-03-05T22:12:23.918-08:00Comments on Karen Woodward: Getting Over Writer's Block: Listen To Your CharactersKaren Woodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-54820935229801801362013-07-03T19:00:23.102-07:002013-07-03T19:00:23.102-07:00Isn't it great when your characters take over ...Isn't it great when your characters take over and let you know what the story needs?!<br /><br />I'd never thought of having a sleuth as an office temp but I love the idea.<br /><br />All the best.Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-54802941022280891602013-07-03T06:13:57.519-07:002013-07-03T06:13:57.519-07:00Ha! This happened to me yesterday. The first two b...Ha! This happened to me yesterday. The first two books in my Isobel Spice mystery series are told from alternating POVs: my office temp sleuth and her temp agent/Watson/possible romantic interest. But they're a little estranged at the beginning of my current WIP and, 20K words in, I'd still not written in his POV, although she talked about him a fair amount. I knew he'd be back--I wasJoanne Lessnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380421715751777871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-82866770100784667482013-05-23T16:09:11.656-07:002013-05-23T16:09:11.656-07:00"Writing is magical and cool! I love it when ..."Writing is magical and cool! I love it when things come out about characters that I didn't know myself!"<br /><br />Me too! And it makes writing SO much easier.<br /><br />"I bought back a character I had said all along was dead."<br /><br />Ah! Clever. Since you didn't know you'd be doing that there's no way your reader could anticipate it, and you had time Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-4540917779078625412013-05-23T16:05:12.638-07:002013-05-23T16:05:12.638-07:00Thanks Jazz! I wrote this story under a pen name, ...Thanks Jazz! I wrote this story under a pen name, but perhaps one day. :-)Karen Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-23389037432572172592013-05-23T16:04:01.921-07:002013-05-23T16:04:01.921-07:00"You know, I've never thought about writi..."You know, I've never thought about writing a scene from another characters perspective in order to learn about my main character."<br /><br />Honestly, I hadn't either! Not before that day.<br /><br />I often read for a half hour or so before I write as a kind of warm up and, just by chance, I read a scene from the POV of a female character talking to one of the main charactersKaren Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497346859460691324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-20398761344746482392013-05-23T13:55:23.889-07:002013-05-23T13:55:23.889-07:00You know, I've never thought about writing a s...You know, I've never thought about writing a scene from another characters perspective in order to learn about my main character. <br /><br />I have a current WIP that's stalled, and I might try this out. Thanks for the tips! Can't wait to read more.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924028116296474975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-80968072027725156372013-05-23T13:31:10.042-07:002013-05-23T13:31:10.042-07:00Very cool solution. Looking forward to seeing this...Very cool solution. Looking forward to seeing this story.Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259337171636340867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1939271308870333669.post-15004199407636161702013-05-23T01:20:38.142-07:002013-05-23T01:20:38.142-07:00Writing is magical and cool! I love it when things...Writing is magical and cool! I love it when things come out about characters that I didn't know myself!<br /><br />One of my best such moments was when I was blocked, in the middle of NaNo, and I needed something to write! I had no idea what I was going to do, so I bought back a character I had said all along was dead. Turns out he wasn't, and it's been one of the best moves I made. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651744055513494283noreply@blogger.com