Knowing Characters

     When I write a story I first must know my characters, everything about them, who they are, where they are from, even what foods they like, this makes them more real and gives them depth that they need.  In Z-Universe my main character is John Mason, at first I knew everything about him except his last name, I knew his likes and dislikes, his parents, and well everything but his last name, I finally solved this by naming him after our county, mason county.

     I have been having trouble with writing this new story "The Red Light", after meeting with Cammie Eicher today it made me realize that I need to know my characters or I will struggle, so I thought about it and really got to know who they are and where the story is going, and BAM, I wrote almost 3,000 words just like that.

     We sometimes forget the simple things, and forget that even the simplest little things can make life so much harder to deal with.

     With the book I am planning currently, "Back To Life", I am being sure to remember to know everyone in the book, so it will go smoothly and I can get it released as soon as possible.