Comments on: Writing a Novel: You May As Well Be Climbing Everest http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/03/writing-a-novel-you-may-as-well-be-climbing-everest/ Ssh! The monks are working! Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Morton http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/03/writing-a-novel-you-may-as-well-be-climbing-everest/comment-page-1/#comment-230 David Morton Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:33:30 +0000 http://dmorton.ca/blog/?p=626#comment-230 Hey Wendy! ... Thanks for the comment, thanks for the great advice. And it's great to see you here! Long time! I haven't managed to find pictures of my characters, yet, but I see them sometimes just before I fall off to sleep or a few minutes before I wake. Your suggestion reminds of me of Charles Dickens, who used to spend time in front of the mirror, trying to imitate the faces of his characters and their expressions. In other words, make them as real as possible. With Dickens' method, there's that whole physical dimension that can really help as well! Cheers! <abbr><em>David Morton’s last blog post..<a href="http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/04/food-in-the-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow">Food in the Middle Ages: Eight Things You Probably Didn’t Know</a></abbr></em> Hey Wendy! … Thanks for the comment, thanks for the great advice. And it’s great to see you here! Long time!

I haven’t managed to find pictures of my characters, yet, but I see them sometimes just before I fall off to sleep or a few minutes before I wake. Your suggestion reminds of me of Charles Dickens, who used to spend time in front of the mirror, trying to imitate the faces of his characters and their expressions. In other words, make them as real as possible. With Dickens’ method, there’s that whole physical dimension that can really help as well!

Cheers!

David Morton’s last blog post..Food in the Middle Ages: Eight Things You Probably Didn’t Know

]]> By: Wendy Hawkin http://dmorton.ca/blog/2009/03/writing-a-novel-you-may-as-well-be-climbing-everest/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Wendy Hawkin Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:37:47 +0000 http://dmorton.ca/blog/?p=626#comment-229 Fall in love with your characters,attach a huge piece of paper on the wall and paste up their pictures, their thoughts, create a website for them. Give them life. I sleep with them and write what I see when I awaken. They do things I would never do and I love them for it. Fall in love with your characters,attach a huge piece of paper on the wall and paste up their pictures, their thoughts, create a website for them. Give them life. I sleep with them and write what I see when I awaken. They do things I would never do and I love them for it.

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