Reading Is Magic!
Beverly Melasi-Haag, Speaker & Presenter at South Dade Regional Library
“What’s Your Story?” That’s a loaded question for many people to answer when they decide to write a memoir, as there are things buried deep in our pasts that we may or may not want to resurrect. Compound that with questions like, where do I start? What part of my life do I want to […]
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Tags: adults, challenge, chapters, Characterization, dialogue, hear, kids, life path, life story, plot, scene, senses, sight, smell, Story, story line, subject, taste, touch, truth, Working Writers, writers association, writing a memoir, writing structure
What Do Your Characters Look Like?
Recently my illustrator, Steve Markey (who brilliantly brings my characters to life), asked me to describe the characters in my newest book, The Mystery of the Square Well, so he could draw them for the Bring Your Characters to Life, book I wrote to go with it. He asked, “What do your characters look like?” […]
Posted In: Kid's Mystery Books
Tags: Books, Bring Your Characters To Life!, Character Sketch, Character Tags, Characterization, Characters, Movies, The Mystery of the Square Well, What Do Your Characters Look Like?, Writer