50th High School Reunion

My 50th high school reunion is coming up. I'll continue this blog in case old friends try to get in touch. Speaking of old friends, we were going to talk about characters again. Characters are the main reason readers like to read. When I'm writing, those people are real. They're going about their daily lives, just like the rest of us, and I need to finish their story so they can find true happiness. That's the way you have to think about the characters in your story. The writer has to know way more about the people who populate his/her books than is revealed to the reader. Know your characters before you begin.