Rae of Light

This is the final instalment of posts about my writing process.  So last but not least I'm focusing on my peripheral characters. It seems wrong to name these characters such: marginal, outlying, minor.  Because they are far from it.  Often they are integral to the further development of the protagonist and serve as strong a role as the antagonist. My list of subsidiary characters will seem strange to some of you.  But what my protagonist requires I write to accommodate that need.  So they range from aunts, brothers, fathers and magical realms to animals.  Here they are in all their glory: Roxanne, Francesca and Thorin ( Sharp Dark Things ) Bruno Kiefer ( Sharp Dark Things ) Faetaera ( Sharp Dark Things ) Arthur Deed ( Palindrome ) Horatio Luther Henry ( Of Dragons & Witches series ) Jinx & Snookie ( Of Dragons & Witches series ) Chisanda ( Where Rainbows Hide ) Marco Zeppo ( Where Rainbows Hide & When Rainbows Cr...

I'm generally a very impatient person so writing has been a steep learning curve for me since it demands a great deal of reworking and reflection. I'm amazed I've stuck at it this long considering how dubious the benefits are. But no matter how much I try to walk away from writing, it just won't let me. So now I've come to accept my delicious curse and am simply getting on with the business of writing. Over the years I've learnt that my impatience with regards to my writing only leads to frustration. This is particularly so when I'm wrestling with a particular character or scene which will not write itself to my satisfaction. Discussing the problem with a writing group can sometimes help me see the direction I need to be heading in. But more often than not the dilemma is something I need to work through for myself. Regardless of the amount of advice I can be given by my writing peers, essentially, choices such as voice, structure, ten...