Character Study

In my reading of Write Away, I went back to the beginning this morning, to review some of the things George says initially about craft, begininng with character, for she says that the story is character, so that's where we need to start.

Our characters must:

• be flawed;
• doubt themselves about something;
• grow and change;
• get into conflict.

If I go back and think of my own characters in these terms, I realize I haven't thought through their psychological profile deeply enough. That is my task for the next day or two, to think about Tara particularly and try first to identify these things and then reveal them in her character.