Wednesday, June 14, 2006  Service interruption  A quick post to
apologise for the interruption in posting - this was due to the
birth of my son on 10th June so, naturally, I have a few other
priorities right now ;-)  Normal service will be resumed as soon
as possible.  Tuesday, June 06, 2006  Character creation #2:
Protagonists  Well defined leading characters can (almost)
remove the need for a plot outline. Not that I'm advocating
this, but it can certainly come in handy if you've managed to
paint yourself into a corner as far as story development goes.
If your characters are well defined you should be able to ask
yourdelf that one important question and the answer should be
obvious:  "What would he/she do in this situation?"  If you have
sufficient backgroud for your character(s) and they have been
well developed then this should get you out of even the most
tricky situation. You may even find the story taking an
unexpected, but interesting, direction.  If you can't answer
that question then the chances ar