The Bra Street Rambler

Welcome back to Ten Week's of challenges! If you don't fancy yourself a writer and have no interest in beginning, scroll on down for your challenge. Ten Weeks of Writer's Prep Week Four: Keeping Notes! Hello there Rambler's, and welcome back to your Ten Weeks of Writer's Prep! This time last year, we discussed creating your basic plot (See Here ). This year I'm going to throw an idea your way on how to keep track of those plot ideas, characters, quotes, and actions scenes that find their way into your brain all through your day. Trust me, you don't want to rely on your memory to keep track of those ideas until you're no long rushing around! Different things work for different people, and if you're like me you'll use a little bit of everything depending on what you're doing and what's handy. So here are some ways to jot down those ideas until you need them. Scrap Paper Notes Grab yourself whatever paper, napkins, or ...

Welcome back to Ten Week's of challenges! If you don't fancy yourself a writer and have no interest in beginning, scroll on down for your challenge. Ten Weeks of Writer's Prep Week Three: Character Depth So this week last year, we focused on creating antagonists by answering some questions (See  Here .) This year we're going to expand a little on that post by focusing on furthering character depth.  Be your character protagonist, antagonist, side character, or by all means a characters favourite lamp, if there is going to be any focus on someone or something, as a writer you'll want to give it depth. Something that makes readers connect, and want to read more.  Now you may be laughing at that lamp part, but if you've ever watched the show Supernatural (to use just one example), you'll know that an inanimate object can indeed be a character all of it's own, a focus point, something that conveys emotion in readers/viewers. In this part...

Welcome back to Ten Week's of challenges! If you don't fancy yourself a writer and have no interest in beginning, scroll on down for your challenge. Ten Weeks of Writer's Prep Week Two: What's In A Name? Hey there Rambler's! It's week two of our Ten Week Challenge, and we've got some characters to consider. This week last year, we reviewed protagonists (See Here ), but what is a character without a name?  This week I'll share the various methods in which I go about naming my characters. Hopefully, this will assist you in naming your own characters in a way that isn't too generic. I mean let's face it, our favourite boy wizard might not have made it quite so big in the world of books and fandoms had he been named say… James Smith. "Listen here, author. " Sometimes, our characters truly have a mind of their own. They walk into our imaginations and declare their existence to us in such an undeniable way that we can ...