This week's prompt, Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars comes courtesy of Annie from Annie's Musings.
Your challenge. Take another of your characters (or the same character from last week if you wish). Dig deep and explore a past betrayal, disappointment, regret, unrequited love ... something that causes great pain to your character. Then share their story.
Knowing and understanding our characters inner workings and their motivations allows our characters to be rich, three dimensional characters with whom the reader can both identify and empathise with. Themes such as regret and unrequited love strike at the heart of most readers who even though their experiences may be different from the facing a character, can recognise and feel again the emotions evoked in such a situation.
Your challenge. Take another of your characters (or the same character from last week if you wish). Dig deep and explore a past betrayal, disappointment, regret, unrequited love ... something that causes great pain to your character. Then share their story.
Knowing and understanding our characters inner workings and their motivations allows our characters to be rich, three dimensional characters with whom the reader can both identify and empathise with. Themes such as regret and unrequited love strike at the heart of most readers who even though their experiences may be different from the facing a character, can recognise and feel again the emotions evoked in such a situation.
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