30 Days of Writing–Day 2: Characters — Quantity and Gender

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Just to level set some expectations here, did I mention that my 30 Days of Writing probably won’t be thirty consecutive days?  Did I also mention that not all my posts would be inspired?  Alrighty.  What I just said then.

2a. How many characters do you have?

Kind of a silly question methinks.  Not having read any other day 2’s on other blogs, if there’s a clever way to address this, I missed the memo.  To be glib, I write hetero romance so it shouldn’t surprise any that I usually create two main characters, a man and a woman.  Multiply that by the number of stories I’ve written and there you go. Continue reading →

AW Flash Fiction — Courage — 9/19/10 (salty language warning)

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AW Flash Fiction = 90 minutes from reveal of key word (courage) to posting of complete short story.  This one is Young Adult (YA).  I don’t write YA and it probably shows.  My husband has been giving me the spin to use for the past couple of weeks’ challenges.  I check out the word when it’s posted at 6 PM, tell him what it is as we finish dinner, get his take then write.  So if it sucks, it’s his fault.  LOL

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Melly logged in to her favorite messaging board and checked the bottom of her screen to see which of her friends were online. She recognized quite a few–Margo, Rita, Jenny, Michaela and Sealy. A groan escaped when she spotted Delicata’s name. Fireworks were sure to erupt, if they hadn’t already. Continue reading →