NaNoWriMo QuickStart 4: Write a character journal

In NaNoWriMo QuickStart 3: Your characters' professions we discussed choosing professions for your characters.

Now choose one character. This may be your primary character, your hero or heroine, or it may be the antagonist - the person who has it in for your hero/ heroine, and opposes him/ her. If you're writing a murder mystery, for example, your antagonist would be the murderer.

For the next few weeks, write a daily diary from the point of view of the character you've chosen. You're not writing your story. In terms of fiction craft, you're developing a character.

Write around 200 words a day, just as your character would write: "I ran into Jeff this morning at the supermarket. He ducked his head when he saw me - I know he saw me, and he's definitely avoiding me." Etc.

Writing character journals is fun, because you never know what will come up. Pretend you're the character, and write his/ her journal.

You'll use all this material when you get started on your NaNoWriMo marathon.

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