When Do I Rewrite My Novel? (part one)

                When do you rewrite your novel? Not today, or tomorrow, or any time you’re in the middle of writing it. Here’s a short version of the truth: You can’t genuinely rewrite until the first draft is finished, so let those horses run! Why wait to rewrite? You […]

Create Dynamic Characters ~ Interview Them

Interview people who don’t exist? Yes. Interview people who have been dead for a hundred years? Right. Interview people who won’t be born for another five hundred years, and then will have beakers and test tubes for parents? Exactly.

You’ll be knocked down by what you find out. Especially if you obey the first rule of interviewing—keep your mouth shut.