Stumbled across this Nerdwriter video today, looking for
inspiration as I continue revising Doleful Creatures.
My last blog post focused on the fact that as I write the
story, I’m trying to write it as a chiasmus, showing the development of
Jarrod’s character from weak and haunted to unburdened and looking at the
present, rather than being shackled to the past. As I organize my story, I’m
also focusing on making my characters sound different and be different. The
concept of leitmotif, I hope, will help me in that quest.
Not that every character is going to have one – but the
major characters ought to have some kind of leitmotif that helps them stand
apart. Not that I need another device in this book, as the chiasmus is going to
keep me busy. So maybe for The Hermit of Iapetus . . .
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