“have you heard how she talks? she’s a real character”

One of the challenges in creating characters for stories is developing a “voice” (or way of speaking) for each of them.  In real life, people don’t all sound the same, and neither should well-crafted characters: they ought to be distinctive, so that a reader can usually be able to tell Continue reading “have you heard how she talks? she’s a real character”

when the world was young: star wars

The latest in a series about influences from my earlier days In the previous installment of this series, I discussed a number of sci-fi movies from the 1970’s that have influenced and continue to influence my writing.  The greatest film of that era, the one that profoundly altered the course Continue reading when the world was young: star wars