Jessica Ralston's Blog

I missed yesterday’s blog post and I apologize, profusely! I don’t know who actually reads the blog, but to those who do, I’m sorry.

With NaNoWriMo just around the corner (literally!) I still have some things to do, mainly character development, which I’ve been told on several occasions is my weakest area. You’d think after being told I’d learn, but there it is.

I have the “basics” down for the three main characters: what they look like, their jobs, their familial backgrounds, their motivations, external/internal conflicts, and some vices. All of this has come out in writing paragraphs about each of them.

The worksheets everyone suggests work fine for some things, but they never go as in depth as I want them to, and those that have open ended questions are odd questions, like what animal your character is afraid of, or what their favorite food is. I don’t find them useful at all. Perhaps that’s just me, I don’t know.

I still feel like I need more information before I start writing on Monday night, but I don’t know what kind of information. My gut feeling is that as soon as I start writing the characters, more of tidbits will come out and then I won’t have to worry about telling versus showing.

Or maybe I should just write pages and pages in their POV before Monday.

I’m taking suggestions, fellow writers! I promise cookies or crocheted something or other, or pretty photos of China.

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Listening to: Enter The Haggis – The Apothecary

I HAVE WRITER’S BLOCK.

How do I get rid of it?

Leave the project alone for a while and come back to it?
Work on something else and go back to the project when I feel like I can move forward?
Or just not work on anything at all?