Category: character
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Blacksmith’s Heart ~ A Love Under the Sun Romance by Dellani Oakes ~ Part 17
“Wonderful! You must be very proud.” “Yeah, I am. The mare is mine, I raised her from a foal.” They stopped by the grassy area where the horses were grazing. They didn’t get out of the car, but Jasper showed off the three colts; two fillies and a stallion. After admiring the colts, they drove […]
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Character Interview – Gabriella Deza from “Indian Summer”
Last week, I interviewed Manuel Enriques, hero of “Indian Summer”. Today, his fiancée, Gabriella Deza, graciously agreed to answer some questions. Second Wind: What is your story? Gabriella: I haven’t much of one yet, I’m only just 15, but what there is of it is told in “Indian Summer.” SW: Who are you? G: I […]
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Nine Questions to Ask Your Character
Writer’s Digest published these questions as a tool for an author to get to know their characters better. I decided to do this with some of them. I’ve interviewed them before, but these were different questions. First is Manuel Enriques from “Indian Summer” (available at secondwindpublishing.com or Amazon.com) Dellani: How do you learn best? Manuel: […]
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Excerpt from “Reed”
This is another experiment in first person. This time, the character is a young woman. Ianna Eaton is an art student. She’s very shy, reserved, quiet. She works in a bar part time to help pay her bills. One night at work, a gorgeous man takes refuge from the rain. He needs to make a […]
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Quote of the Week – From “A Bride for Brodie”
I think the intial meeting of the male & female leads in a story is very important. Sometimes my characters have known one another for a long time. Sometimes they meet under good circumstances. Other times, like in this story, their meeting is less than fortunate. Elevators are trouble. I’m not talking about their mechanics, […]
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Editing, the Writer’s Nightmare
So, you’ve finished that four hundred and sixty page novel. You sit proudly and pat the cover page tenderly, smoothing the white surface when much to your horror, you see a mistake! Cold sweat breaks out on your brow, fingers tremble, mouth suddenly goes dry. As your eye wanders down the page, more and more […]
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Name That Character!
This post was inspired by a post on the Second Wind Word Press page, by Pat Bertram. In it, she talks about how a character name shows a lot about the character. I started this as a comment to her, but it got too long, so I moved it here. Dellani I believe a name tells […]
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Creating a Character Sketch
Writers new and old sometimes have trouble finding a place to start. We are full of all kinds of ideas, and jot them down in an effort to keep track of them. Getting these ideas into a cohesive whole can be trying. As an A.P. English teacher, I had to take high school students into […]
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