Nicholas Holloway
1.) It's all about character.
You can have a terrible plot but incredibly diverse characters, and your story will be more memorable than any action-driven, explosive, Michael Bay-esque storyline.
2.) Use everyday life as inspiration.
Do you work with someone you can't stand? Use that. Develop a character based on the traits of that co-worker. Are you in love with someone and never told them? Pour those emotions, good and bad, into your character. Make them as real, as different, as flawed as everyone on this earth. Every person is as unique as a fingerprint - make sure your characters are too.
3.) Stick by your story. It's your baby. Don't give up on it. Don't throw it away. Procrastinate if you need to. But tell yourself, "One day, I will finish this."
Why not now?
As Gal's dad, Charlie, says in The Loop: "Write your story. Finish it before it finishes you."
You can have a terrible plot but incredibly diverse characters, and your story will be more memorable than any action-driven, explosive, Michael Bay-esque storyline.
2.) Use everyday life as inspiration.
Do you work with someone you can't stand? Use that. Develop a character based on the traits of that co-worker. Are you in love with someone and never told them? Pour those emotions, good and bad, into your character. Make them as real, as different, as flawed as everyone on this earth. Every person is as unique as a fingerprint - make sure your characters are too.
3.) Stick by your story. It's your baby. Don't give up on it. Don't throw it away. Procrastinate if you need to. But tell yourself, "One day, I will finish this."
Why not now?
As Gal's dad, Charlie, says in The Loop: "Write your story. Finish it before it finishes you."
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Nicholas Holloway:
Hey there. Just finished The Loop, and I must say, I loved it. It reminded me a lot of a book I thoroughly enjoy called Big Flies in some aspects the further I read into it. And I followed you on Bookshares and I can't wait for more from the Finches. Keep up the great work. Also, which character was the hardest to write a story in The Loop?
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