Character has taken on many iterations over the years. They are often considered the protagonist when we first think about character in our stories but character is anyone who passes through.
Most often, the books I read guide me to the type of book they are in the first paragraph, first page, or at least by the end of the first chapter. Think about how the first paragraph of a book sets the scene or the mood, not only for what's taking place at that moment but also pointing to the mood of the book beyond those early pages. ...
Life is too short to read a bad book.
If you're a writer, you can't really work from anywhere.
For the last seven days in a row, my two-year-old daughter won't go to sleep. Instead, she stays up for nearly an hour past her bedtime telling me or her mother a story about the pumpkin she swears is outside of her room.
My therapist once told me writing is in my DNA. I nodded my head and said, "of course it is."
