Monthly Archive:: May 2020
This morning, I had a bit of a slow start, taking longer to get out of bed, and getting distracted before my writing. Maybe a consequence of too much wine last night. Then, the kids got up before 7, too, …
Today, I finished my description of my antagonist and started interviewing him. It was kind of fun to try to answer from his character’s perspective. Rather than explaining things like I would in a character profile, I gave sarcastic and …
After getting my antagonist’s physical description and personality down yesterday, I continued working on him today, fleshing out habits, his motivation, and the background that brought him to this point. One of the keys was to give him a pressing …
Today, I sat down to try to start shaping my antagonist, but before I could get to the character profile, I ended up having to do a little geopolitical work. Since this is an epic fantasy, ultimately, the fate of …
Today, I finished up the last few questions I had set in my character interview for my hero: Her likes, dislikes and her preference for spontaneity or planning (planning!) Since my character has grown up rather sheltered in a castle …
Today, I continued describing my hero, including her internal and external conflicts, and also started a character interview. In a previous post, I mentioned how I didn’t know my previous heroes well enough off the page. I knew what they …
As part of this journal of my creation process, I’m going to be completely honest with you. Today, I got sidetracked and accomplished next to nothing in my fiction writing. For several years, I have maintained a separate blog about …
Today, I went back over the premise work from yesterday, finishing the Truby evaluation of my character’s change and final moral decision, then went to work on describing my hero. When I wrote my last stories, I thought that each …
Starting today, I am working on a new book idea from scratch. After several trunked novels (and many lessons learned along the way about what went wrong with my stories), I am committed to finishing this one. This is going …
Who is AuthorDad? First things first, a brief introduction:Hi, my name is Travis and I am AuthorDad. This blog is my chronicle of my transition from working full time and supporting my family of five through that income to the …