Write it Now. Book 4 - Getting To Know Your Characters: Write Your Novel or Memoir. A Series Guide For Beginners, #4

By Robbie McCauley

Procrastination is the enemy of the new writer.

This book 4 in this series hopes to not provide another way of avoidance. This is a series of little books covering single topics on writing. Most books are long and involved in a lot of theory. Beginners are daunted by books that say too much! Reading on writing can create even more fear.

This little book is about the importance of characters in your story. It is about creating characters and getting to know them well. It is not about any other aspect of writing, and for that reason I hope beginners will take the small amount of time needed to read this book.

Your characters will benefit. Characters make your story. Your story, your plot, is moved along by its characters. You must get to know them. If you don’t know them, neither will your readers.

This little book hopes to help you to create characters who will be believable and who will come to life in your plot

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robbie McCauley
• Release date: Jun 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386002017

Robbie McCauley

When Robbie McCauley retired early from a varied working life, which included the duties of Secretary to Members of Parliament, Researcher, Primary School Teacher, and Bank Manager, she began to take writing classes and discovered the joy of writing short stories. At the same time Robbie decided to study for the Bachelor of Arts degree she had always wanted.  This was the start of a new world. She now has many degrees including a Masters in Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and a Post Graduate Diploma in Writing. Her qualifications provide an excellent background for story writing. At present Robbie teaches a writing class called "Let's Write a Book" with the University of the Third Age (U3A) and is happy to have finally completed her first series of novels. The Maddison Family Series contains four books. It is a family saga of suspense, crime, and romance. Book 1 - The Eleventh Hour Book 2 - The Greatest Thing Book 3 - Where There’s A Will Book 4 - Born Lucky Robbie lives in Australia, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. She is divorced, has one lovely daughter, and three exciting grand children.

Book preview

CONTENTS

About this book

Chapter 1 - Outline your Characters

Chapter 2 - Start with a Character

Chapter 3 - Character Formation

Chapter 4 - Make sure your characters are realistic

Chapter 5 - Character Charts

Chapter 6 - Dialogue

Summary & Good Luck

Resources used in this book

Other Books in the Series

Other Books by the Author

The Author’s Writing Website

About the Author

ABOUT THIS BOOK

This is Book 4 in this series of little books for writers. It is intentionally brief and to the point. These books are small on purpose so that they won’t take too much time away from your writing. This one is all about creating characters and getting to know them well—it is not about any other aspect of writing. For that reason I hope prospective writers will take the small amount of time needed to read this book and that your plot and your characters will benefit.

Characters make your story. It is therefore important for a writer to create realistic characters so that the reader finds them believable—whether they are loved or hated. Your story is carried along by your characters so it is important that you get to know them. If you don’t know them, neither will your readers.

This Little Book hopes to help you to create characters who will be believable and who will come to life in your plot.

Take your time to think about the suggestions here.

CHAPTER 1 — OUTLINE YOUR CHARACTERS

Book 1 of this series provided some detail