On developing characters - a guest blog by Elizabeth Haynes
Many thanks to the delightful Elizabeth Haynes for contributing this article to Crimewarp. Elizabeth is the brilliant author of several best-selling psychological thrillers such as:- What stands out for me in Elizabeth's novels are the incredibly strong, unique and often quirky characters which invariably keep me hooked throughout the dark plots. I asked Elizabeth if she would pen us a piece on how she went about developing these characters and she very graciously obliged. This is Elizabeth's article:- ----------<>---------- Author- Elizabeth Haynes I am of the opinion that characters need to evolve quite happily by themselves – you just give them a task or two to get things started, and after a week or so of writing they take over and start to do unexpected things. Once you believe that your characters are real people (it’s something you have to go with, both as a writer and, to be fair, if you’re going to read this blog post), then the writing ...