Friday, July 24, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘escape’
Today is a rainy, crappy day here in Ohio. I have an essay I need to finish by tonight, but couldn’t manage to convince myself to write anywhere in my house. Everything was blah, depressing, unmotivating. Instead, I chose to escape to a local coffee shop to reinvigorate myself and my prose. It was the perfect escape for my mind.
When your character needs to escape, where does she go? Somewhere physical or mental? Or both? Why does she go there? How does it change her mindset? How did this place become her place of escape? What things can she do there that she can’t do in her normal environment? Are there any places in the plot you can get her to come here to reveal something about her character?
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)