Building a fictional character is the same thing as meeting a stranger and getting to know her. Take that meeting one step at a time, or as the old saying goes, peal that onion one layer at a time. With each layer you'll get to know more about that stranger, and your character will become
There are thousands of e-mail list out there on every subject you can imagine, and probably on a few you can’t and wouldn’t want to imagine. No matter what kind of writing you do, you can bet there are a number of lists just for that genre, or even sub genre. These on-line communities help
Conflict is very important in a romance novel -- and really in any kind of a novel at all. What would the story of Romeo and Juliet be without the family feud? How good would Gone with the Wind have been if Scarlett realized from day one that Ashley wasn't the man for her, and
Perfection Does Not Exist No one is perfect, and that goes for the characters in our stories. The hero can have a heart of gold, eyes as blue as the sky, hair as black as sin, and a smile that can make the sun look like it is low on voltage. But come on now,
