It makes a statement about an experience we’ve both had. That’s part of the way we talk to each other, but it’s more than that. I have one friend that, in virtually every conversation we have, a reference to the movie Super Troopers pops up. More importantly, how to make these rules? Well, that leads us to: More is too many, and if you have less than three, it may not be enough to hold. How many rules? I suggest thinking of three. Like I said, they’re specific and finite-they are your stakes in the ground for your story. Why should you have rules? First, it’s really helpful when you’re in the middle of the story and your plot has just jumped a fairly literal shark and you feel like you’ve totally lost your sense of your character to have something to refer to. Which brings me to my first point-those are three things I can list out. She thinks of the boy she’s in love with as having wheat hair and ocean eyes-things she has physically seen and has positive associations with. My character Scar (SCARLET and LADY THIEF) has a really unique voice-she misuses tenses, she rarely uses adverbs, and she has a very earthbound way of describing things. It’s that thing that editors always say hooks them, the one indescribable quality they’re looking for. Voice is essential it’s the thing that keeps us thinking about a book for long after its done.
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