can't help telling stories
We know Miss Jane Marple knitted, and we know she lost her love at a young age. “Cozy” mysteries are full of characters with hobbies that involve arts and crafts, the sorts that keep their hands busy.
Here’s a look at crafts from a psychological perspective that may help you view a character differently.
This is your brain on knitting
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/health/brain-crafting-benefits/
I took a playwriting class in college. When I took the last act in for a reading, the professor and several of the other students told me the ending didn’t give potential actors enough to work with. I should kill someone, they said. So I did. Have you tried it?
50 Movies Where The Main Character Dies | TotalFilm
http://m.totalfilm.com/features/50-movies-where-the-main-character-dies/
My favorite English teacher in high school taught me several lessons that have stayed with me. One was, briefly, “Don’t start sentences with ‘the.'”
Another was, “Don’t use ‘very.’ It means nothing.”
Imagine my delight when I found this post.
http://writerswrite.co.za/45-ways-to-avoid-using-the-word-very
A quirky trait or two help characters stand out from the crowd. Perhaps an expression he or she always uses might do the trick, n’est pas?
15 Delightful Foreign Terms of Endearment English Should Adopt | Mental Floss
Writing can be solitary work and some of us like the time alone. But when the last draft is done, we need to be able to promote it. Clark and Molinsky offer some suggestions to help reticent people move from “brand x” to “Brand U.”
Self-Promotion for Professionals from Countries Where Bragging Is Bad – Dorie Clark , and Andy Molinsky – Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/03/self-promotion-for-professionals-from-countries-where-bragging-is-bad/
