Crescent opened this issue on Aug 12, 2002 ยท 25 posts
Crescent posted Mon, 12 August 2002 at 10:40 PM
Getting the "voice" of a character can be difficult to do. It's easy to lapse into the "He was angry, very angry" instead of having the character show how he feels. Here's the scene - 1 person watching another person playing pool. In 1 or 2 paragraphs, let the reader know how the person watching feels about the person playing pool without actually naming the emotion(s). Perhaps the two are playing pool, one taking a shot while the other one waits. Perhaps the pool player isn't even aware that s/he is being watched. Use whatever point of view you prefer (first peron, second person, third person limited, etc.) Assuming 2 weeks is enough, that would make the deadline 26 August. If anyone has suggestions for exercises, please let me know!