- Ask yourself questions when writing. Everything from the classic "what if" to why would my characters want to do this or that will help you strengthen their portrayal and your stories.
- Put yourself in your characters' shoes. Understand their motives, their strengths and weaknesses and you will write about them far more convincingly.
- Study human nature. In doing that, you will come up with realistic reasons for why your characters are the way they are/act the way they do. Think of all the reasons criminals, lovers, any group of people you can think of do what they do. There's bound to be something you can use there.
- Read work aloud. Really helps you literally hear if you've got your dialogue correct. If you trip over something, your readers will too.
- Don't skimp the editing. After a gap from writing the story (so I read it again with fresh eyes), I firstly see if the story makes sense (structural edit). I then edit for spelling and grammar. I then have a final edit which looks to see if there is anything that could trip a reader up or make them question how I've portrayed my characters or query the plot.
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AuthorI'm Allison Symes and write fairytales with bite, especially novels and short stories. Archives
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