I have a raging headache so I think I’m going to call it a night, even though it’s only 9.30pm.
But at least I’ve reached a natural rest point with all my characters.
- Each character now has a summary in 50 words or less
- Each character now has a “look” – an attached piccy of someone else so I have a rough idea how the character might look. It’s so important for me that I can “see” all my characters interacting, in my head.
Next anal-retentive thing – pairing off the pairs so I can see what everyone looks like side by side. I mean, if you’re going to make your characters sizzle, the least you can do is picture them… er… talking to each other.
Other things left:
- fleshing out each character’s likes and dislikes, habits etc
- their voices and what they might say, how they might say things, whether they have a lisp…
- preparation of plots for card sorting.
Ooh. Card-sorting. More on that later.
