Thanks! I find it a lot easier to create and write characters when I have something specific I can focus on. I need a framework 🙂

You're most welcome. Glad you found it helpful.

Better late than never 🙂

denise

Thank you for your assessment, Janice. Good advice about the stereotype line--I'm sure I'm guilty of that, too!

Thanks! I definitely hear two different characters there. I get an urban vibe from Des’rae (Careful of the stereotype line. I’m not a good judge of that, but sensitivity readers can help there). Gina feels a little “blank” right now, but I suspect that’s the intent if she has amnesia. I’m intrigued, though! The “died for a while” line piqued my interest for sure. Some nice tension going on, as well.

Thank you! Glad you liked them.

Thanks! Trunks and trunks for a reason (be they digital or otherwise). We need the freedom to write junk to find the story. Oh, taking good and making it better is SO hard. It works, and we just don’t want to mess with it, lol. Kudos to you for doing it anyway.

Thanks! I love to analyze writing and break it down with examples. It helps me, and it helps other writers, and it’s fun.

Nope, no clean first drafts ? But rough drafts CAN come first, which helps make the “first “ drafts cleaner. And I used the cringey stuff, too. They’re great placeholders, and I just search for them on draft two and revise. It works great.