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Rayne Hall Author · @Rayne_Hall_Author
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My new guest post is published: "Characters in Gothic Fiction"

I'd appreciate it if some of you could leave a comment on the post, perhaps about character roles you recognise from books you've read, or even from books you've written. (Yes, feel free to mention your own book.)

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Rayne Hall Author · @Rayne_Hall_Author
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In sections of fast action, keep decriptions sparse and brief. Use verbs rather than adjectives, and focus on sounds rather than sights.

Examples:
'The door splintered with a crash.'
'Tyres screeched on the asphalt.'

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Rayne Hall Author · @Rayne_Hall_Author
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@WordSlinger Yay! Thanks for this. You've made my day! 😀 Which of my books have you read?

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Rayne Hall · @Rayne_Hall_Author
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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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I'm encountering the same scary thing in my current total rewrite of my work in progress: characters are being left on the cutting room floor. It's fine, I know it's going to be fine, because I've done this before.

Have you ever cut or been advised to cut characters? Did you do it? Why or why not?

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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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I discovered that when I cut characters, it makes the other relationships so much clearer, but also more precious. I write , so I don't want to have a cast of thousands when my reader could be between 8 and 12 years old.

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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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I did, and it worked out fine. The story got better. I cut the first 2800 words of my manuscript & more or less started at chapter 3. Yeah, it was scary. But my agent told me the beginning was still too slow, and she was right. (I love Arturo, who I hope makes it back into another story of mine one day.)

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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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I'm going to talk about the hardest thing you might be asked to do to your manuscript -- cut characters. (A thread). I swear I never would have tried this with my debut FRIEND ME if I hadn't been about to go on a week-long writing retreat where I had the time to try this crazy thing.

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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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Don't Just Create One Big Story, Build a Mosaic of Tiny Stories!

"As soon as I added more backstory and sidestory and aroundstory for all the places and things, January started to feel more like a living place." I enjoyed this from @charliejane via @stephanieburgis
buttondown.email/charliejane/a

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WhatSheSaid · @FromOverThere
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Baptised by fire: today I tried to create a character illustration using
An hour later - I’m going up the wall looking at four-eyed pups or oddly twisted dog-like-mutants. This AI thing makes me doubt my ability to describe shit.

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Jennie Batchelor · @Jen
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Sorting out threads. My system isn’t very neat or systematic for that matter, but I love that I keep them in a Georgian portable writing desk. It sort of feels like the perfect metaphor for me. But I think it is time to what to do with all the stitched things I have made in the past year in. Very occasionally I turn things into cushions or cards, or give them away but I have no idea what to do with this lot. Answers on a postcard please?

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Sheila M. Averbuch - Author · @sheilamaverbuch
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It's a glorious day that starts with a new Frances Hardinge book: UNRAVELLER. The way she world-builds is like few other authors I know: effortless, as if she doesn't much mind whether you know what's going on (although she makes sure you can figure it out.) It's fantasy & reminds me of NEVERMOOR, but it's instead of . I'm in love again.

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