Iām very interested in what you say about characters, Ali. I occasionally come across writerly advice on how to build or construct characters in fiction, or how to give them psychological depth. That always seems to me to be a false and unhelpful place to start. I prefer to think of characters presenting themselves, with whatever fullness and depth they have to bring, and to feel that the writer is serving them rather than imposing on them.
Your writing opens doorways in my mind I didn't know were there. x
Iām very interested in what you say about characters, Ali. I occasionally come across writerly advice on how to build or construct characters in fiction, or how to give them psychological depth. That always seems to me to be a false and unhelpful place to start. I prefer to think of characters presenting themselves, with whatever fullness and depth they have to bring, and to feel that the writer is serving them rather than imposing on them.
Disappearing as "Billy Elliot" says when he dances! (Go to the outside and look on in). Lovely writing Ali.