On Character

Tonight's session was on characterisation and gave me a lot more to think about. When I write I tend to think of characters in terms of their current actions. I consider their feelings at points I know their emotions should be running high. I consider their past when I think back-story is relevant.

I have start considering my characters in greater detail. I need to know what they've done, what they're doing and what they plan to do. I need to know how they felt, how they feel and how they might feel. I need for them to have motivations that are realistic and are reflected or opposed by other characters. I need the actions and the motivations to balance between the opposing forces in the story. More than anything I need to start looking at my characters from the outside in order to judge them objectively.

I need to consider all this and think how it affects the characters actions and feelings now. I guess this will all go in the plan I'm going to work on over the next week. Lots to do!