Choose Your Camp: Why Characters Are Your Story Core
Camp NaNoWriMo begins in April! In the spirit of friendly camp competition (and inspired by one of our favorite scenes in Scott Westerfeld’s Afterworlds), we asked our friends to Choose Your Camp. Today, Sharon Cullen, Wrimo and author of His Saving Grace, shares a final argument for Camp Character:
When I was told I had to pick a camp, it was a no-brainer for me. Camp Character all the way, baby! I didn’t even have to think about it. In my mind characters are the driving force behind any timeless story. I don’t care what genre or what time period we’re talking about, it’s the characters we connect with.
When I was trying to decide what to write about I started thinking of my favorite movies. I picked a few and tried to place them in different settings and time periods. You know what? Setting didn’t matter. Time period didn’t matter…
