Rebecca Graf's Blog - Posts Tagged "character"

As you're writing, you cannot communicate to the reader what a character is feeling unless you can feel it. It's that simple.

I was writing a scene last night where a woman suddenly feels a hand covering her mouth. She knows her friend is in the house but not if it is him or not. How do I describe this?

I closed my eyes and envisioned the suddenly darkened room. I waited until I could feel my heart beat faster as I was blind and vulnerable. I noted how all my senses went into overdrive. I could smell things I could smell before. I could hear things that may or may not have been real.

I then imagined the hand suddenly covering my mouth. I felt the panic. I felt the fear. I felt the strong arm and hand.

I had my description for my character.

How do you get the right descriptions for your character?

If you have read Deep Connections and Dark Connections, you know that my character Jolon is trouble. In the first book, he was known simply as Creeper as there was no other name for him or anything else that would fit so well to his character. Well, now as I am working on Deadly Connections, I find myself dealing with Jolon in a whole different manner. He has set up his own Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/JolonCreeper) to cause trouble. Oh, my! A few friends are watching him and reporting back to me what is going on. Trouble is in the air.