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So, this week in the world of Jean has consisted of an awful lot of crossing things off my ‘procrastination list’. This even includes vacuuming under the beds and changing the alternator in my car. And man, have the prices of alternators gone up! It is really quite astounding.

Anyway, what have I been doing this week to progress my writing? Well, the usual Agent Query Connect banter and whatnot that goes on over there. Lots of wishing I had more time to write (but life is good nevertheless). A bit of blog reading. I also asked Meg Cabotif she would be so kind as to send me one of her extra copies of ‘She Went All The Way’. I even tried to be witty and have my email stand out among the undoubted thousands of emails she got from the world’s free book grubbers, like myself, begging to be chosen. Anyway, I never win anything, so probably no book for me. Although, I got a nice autoreply from her email account. It is sort of cool to see an email in your inbox from a famous author.

Oh right, what have I been doing to actually IMPROVE my writing? Well, a little brainstorming. And since I was making a brainstorming worksheet for myself, I decided once again to share it. It, like the other one I have created, is based on content in Linda Seger’s book “Creating Unforgettable Characters”. This has been a fun exercise. Basically, you brainstorm core characteristics of your characters. For example, someone into fashion, may also know something about interior design, etc, etc. You pick a core characteristic and just keep going out and out from that one characteristic as well as any ideosyncrasies that might pop up in such a character. If you are curious, or what to learn a bit more about it, go over to my favourites online and at the bottom of the page are the worksheets I’ve created. Open one up and enjoy!

Have fun, I’m off to ensure that my cookie levels don’t dip into the red (low) zone.

Tags: character development, worksheets, writing //