The following is most likely
rubbish but it is the way I apparently operate when starting up a new book. I’d
never realized this before, but I realize it now. I’m not quite sure whether to
feel good or embarrassed by this method, but I share it just the same. Feel
free to dispose of it accordingly.
Always test drive a main character.
Take them out for a spin amongst the other characters, cruising through
every situation with which your fertile writerly mind can imagine.
Watch them idle at home, at work, at play.
Get a feel for the way they handle the plot’s pavement.
Test their boundaries.
Note their flaws.
Note their flourishes.
Kick a few tires.
Hug a hood.
And then, only then, do you climb inside and head them toward the big “Once
upon a time…” in the sky.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe, the rubbish collector
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