May we will talk about memories, and to ease into it, why not talk about what makes a character memorable. Is it something shocking they do? A rare tenderness? A wit or charm that sticks with you after the pages end? Why them? Why does that book sit with you more than others? That's the … Continue reading Thoughtful Thursday Impressions

June is our month to talk about visibility on a bigger scale. I do that with the characters in Red Letters rock band, who found success along the way, but it's not a clean walk away.Something is left unresolved, and that? That makes an arc, but it also leads to today's questions. I doubled up … Continue reading Character Costs On Thoughtful Thursday

This whole month dealt with our more unpredictable characters. So, let's think about their reckless feeling ways, and the choices that sound completely chaotic but actually have control in them. The outcomes are inevitable, the path there is the ride. A very basic writing example is that your character stops to change a tire. This … Continue reading Thoughtful Thursday, Inevitably

I have a discussion topic for us this week. Yes, we are talking misfits and mayhem, but why is that so memorable? Is it because the misfit has a different past, that makes them have a journey we could take alongside them? Or is it because the misfit refuses to conform to fit in, and … Continue reading The Misfit Arc of Thoughtful Thursday