Characters: It Happened This Way
31
January 2010
Lets take a look at our characters today in the guise of a little writing exercise. Select at least two, preferably three or four of the characters from your current work and imagine they each see a scene from your story.
Now, the exercise is to take each character in turn and write how that character would see the scene. What would stand out for them? What might be important to them that would not be important to anyone else in the scene? This exercise is not only to help practice writing, but to help you get to know your characters and what each one’s unique point of view adds to the story.
Pay attention to details that say a child might notice that an adult would not think about. Scents that might mean something to one character and nothing to others. Specific memories that events might trigger for a character that might give them some kind of insight on the current scene.
