Being a Better Writer: Character-Based Prose · 8:14pm Aug 7th, 2023
Salutations, writers, and welcome back! It’s Monday, it’s Being a Better Writer, and it’s our first topic from Topic List #23! Wow!
Okay, I know to some of you who are just cruising in from the corners of the internet just to do a drive-by skimming of some writing articles, that might not seem like much. But Being a Better Writer now has been running for over ten years, so hitting a new topic list, as well as one with a number as high as it is—and that’s keeping in mind that for the longest time I wasn’t numbering them—is a pretty big deal. It’s just a lot of BaBW content over the last decade.
Anyway, I’ll stop with the self-congratulatory musing. Yes, I’m excited to have reached another topic list. Even if it does have a few more slots to fill I’ll be finishing off in the next day or so. For now, let’s skip over any other news and dive right into today’s topic.
Which was in part inspired by a story I spent the weekend reading, and I realized I wanted it on the list after I’d finished the book. It’s also a topic that can be contentious in some circles, unfortunately, due to a number of young, would-be editors convinced they know it all swarming sites and writing hang-outs to offer what is unfortunately poor advice.
So hit that jump. Let’s talk about character-based prose: what it is, and how it can impact your story.
