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Dissecting Character Grids (5)- Memories

Here, I think we are starting to get to the meat of a character, an important aspect that shapes a character’s personality, worldview etc. Before I dig into actual tips, I think this aspect is generally easier to fill for a character who’s older or with a wide variety of experiences. Or maybe that’s justContinue reading “Dissecting Character Grids (5)- Memories”

Dissecting Character Grids (4)- Past-times

Firstly, I’m back! Well, actually this is my 2nd week back but you gotta give me some slack since I went straight back to work on Monday after arriving back in Melbourne on Sunday 10am. I didn’t realise how tired I was until I was nodding off on the train back to home after workContinue reading “Dissecting Character Grids (4)- Past-times”

Dissecting Character Grids (3)- Moods & Feelings

If you followed this blog from the start, you would know that I started off with just character moods but then I found that often what I put down is not a mood but rather a feeling (yes, I’m pedantic with definitions and technicalities). I tried to just focus on moods but it didn’t workContinue reading “Dissecting Character Grids (3)- Moods & Feelings”

Dissecting Character Grids (2)- Talents & Flaws

So this is the 2nd post in the series where I dissect specific components of the character grid, a method I use to flesh out my characters. Since I tend to fill in Talents and Flaws in a block, I’m just going to combine them in a single post. Before I delve into the tips,Continue reading “Dissecting Character Grids (2)- Talents & Flaws”

Dissecting Character Grids (1)- Relationships

Now that I’ve been using the 10 by 10 Character Grids for a while now and found that I liked them as a way to let me get into my characters, I thought I will start a series to explore each element of them in greater details, which is basically creating a tips series forContinue reading “Dissecting Character Grids (1)- Relationships”

Writer’s Awakening- Colin Palmer (2)

Moonlake: So now we return to the interview with Colin Palmer. Hearing about your story with this big company, I definitely felt like they were toying with you. But at least you made a comeback. So how did the comeback come about? Wow, that’s a mouthful there lol. Colin: Ten years later, in another countryContinue reading “Writer’s Awakening- Colin Palmer (2)”

Writer’s Awakening- Colin Palmer (1)

Moonlake: Hi, I’m Moonlake Ku and welcome to the Writer’s Awakenings interviews. Today, we have author Colin Palmer with us. Firstly, tell us about yourself and your journey into writing, Colin. Colin: My name is Colin Palmer and I am a writer! I’ve been writing fiction for almost all my life, that’s over fifty years. When IContinue reading “Writer’s Awakening- Colin Palmer (1)”

Advanced Reading Review- Reapers of Soul and Magic

I’m doing something new, which is signing up to be an Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) reader for a debut novel which has already gone live at Amazon . Here’s a picture of the front and back covers. Below is my actual review which is already up on Amazon and Goodreads. I’m not big on stars since I don’t thinkContinue reading “Advanced Reading Review- Reapers of Soul and Magic”

No-show Alpha/Beta Readers: What do you do?

I do nothing (besides trying to contact them to find out why and show understanding if that’s due to their life circumstances and basically letting it go). Seriously, then why blog about this, you say? Well, while I basically just accept it as an occurrence that I have to be prepared for as a writer,Continue reading “No-show Alpha/Beta Readers: What do you do?”

2 Lessons I learnt from “Fast Food” Reading

So before I go into the 2 lessons, let me first provide the context for this post: the ‘fast food’ reading in the title referred to the serial fictions written in my mother tongue of Chinese that I had been reading on the Internet in my period of ‘unemployment’ after I broke away from PhD.Continue reading “2 Lessons I learnt from “Fast Food” Reading”