I made an amazing discovery!
I found a new writing tool. When reading the latest draft of my middle-grade fantasy I found my main character still needed more depth. In a quandary, I played solitaire, perused Verla Kay’s boards, Facebook, writer blogs, and returned to my draft with no new inspiration.
Until, I played around and wrote a few pages of verse from the POV of my main character. Now, I know I talk about verse a whole lot for someone who loves to write fantasy, but I find studying the tight writing, line breaks, and use of white space so inspirational. Sydney (my antagonist) was annoyed along with me and she screamed, “HEAR ME.”
So I wrote, and listened—harder. After a few pages of writing verse with Sydney, she came in loud and clear.
WOW, I thought. Who knew?
No, for real, I wondered, does anyone else know about this tool? Probably, but I’m all about sharing. I live for those “AHA” moments when things click into place. So now, when I’m in a scene and need to dig deeper to find out what emotions are churning inside any character, I write a page or two in verse.
Below is some of the verse I wrote when I had the epiphany and now they have found a home in the opening of my first chapter.
Everyone leaves,
in the end.
I found a new writing tool. When reading the latest draft of my middle-grade fantasy I found my main character still needed more depth. In a quandary, I played solitaire, perused Verla Kay’s boards, Facebook, writer blogs, and returned to my draft with no new inspiration.
Until, I played around and wrote a few pages of verse from the POV of my main character. Now, I know I talk about verse a whole lot for someone who loves to write fantasy, but I find studying the tight writing, line breaks, and use of white space so inspirational. Sydney (my antagonist) was annoyed along with me and she screamed, “HEAR ME.”
So I wrote, and listened—harder. After a few pages of writing verse with Sydney, she came in loud and clear.
WOW, I thought. Who knew?
No, for real, I wondered, does anyone else know about this tool? Probably, but I’m all about sharing. I live for those “AHA” moments when things click into place. So now, when I’m in a scene and need to dig deeper to find out what emotions are churning inside any character, I write a page or two in verse.
Below is some of the verse I wrote when I had the epiphany and now they have found a home in the opening of my first chapter.
Everyone leaves,
in the end.
And, each time
a little piece of me
leaves
with them.
I wonder if
someday, there'll be nothing
of me
left.