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\"Loving<\/a><\/p>\n

Join me in giving a warm welcome back to our monthly columnist, author\u00a0Kay Keppler,\u00a0as she shares \u201cHook Readers with Specific Characterizations.\u201d\u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

According to story consultant Michael Hauge, your job as a storyteller is to create images.<\/strong> Your readers, viewers, or listeners want to picture who is doing what. To succeed at that, all the elements of your story need to be clear and vivid. However, some writers have trouble developing unique characters that jump off the page.<\/p>\n

General Details = Boring Characters<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you think your characters are bland and lifeless, they might be too generalized. Your details might be too broad to trigger a specific image, or they might not reveal enough to elicit an emotional response.<\/p>\n

For example, characters that are defined only by their function\u2014boss, mother, dentist, customer\u2014are hard to picture and hard to invest in.<\/strong> Summaries don\u2019t work, either\u2014 remember \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell\u201d? Don\u2019t state a character\u2019s personality, conflict, need, or desire without providing evidence to back it up (something you\u2019re shown<\/em>). Let readers see that your character is \u201cvindictive\u201d or \u201ca local hero\u201d or \u201cfrom a hick town,\u201d and don\u2019t assume they\u2019ll believe those descriptions just because you said so.<\/p>\n

Irrelevant Details = Murky Picture<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s a sentence with specific detail: \u201cMary, a petite, red-haired debutante, grabbed her coat.\u201d What\u2019s the problem here? The details create an image, but the details are unimportant to the story\u2014and they reveal nothing about the character.<\/p>\n

You want to reveal two or three clear, succinct, vivid details that 1) paint a picture in the minds of your readers and 2) convey the essence of that character.<\/strong> You\u2019re going for an external something and an internal something for your character.<\/p>\n

Specific Details\u00a0 =\u00a0 Unique Characters<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Be specific and creative. One example is clothing. What a person wears reveals far more about her than her height, build, and age. Imagine that a famous, beautiful movie star at the height of her fame went to the Academy Awards and wore a beautiful skirt by Valentino and a plain T-shirt from the Gap. What does that say about this person? (That\u2019s what Sharon Stone did.)<\/p>\n

Another example is movement.<\/strong> How a person enters a party, for example, is determined not only by their physicality, but their personality. When you\u2019re writing, no one should ever \u201center\u201d a room. Does the guest burst through the door with an entourage? Does he stick his head in and scan the crowd before hiding behind a potted plant? Does she ride up the front steps on a horse?<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Go Overboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You don\u2019t have to say\u2014or describe\u2014a lot to reveal something significant about your character. Provide just two or three distinct, specific details at the first mention so your readers can form an image. After that, you\u2019ve got them hooked, and they\u2019ll want to read more.<\/p>\n

Michael Hauge writes articles and offers advice here http:\/\/www.storymastery.com\/<\/a>.<\/strong> This post is adapted from one of his essays.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n

KayKeppler\u00a0<\/a>\"Kay<\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a>, \u00a0Betting on Hope<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a>\u00a0and Outsource It! She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n

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