Posted in Prompts

Daily Habit

What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?

The most important daily habit I have that improves my daily life is sitting down with Jesus and being in the Word. I start my day with Him. It refreshes me and gets me ready for my day.

Posted in Prompts

Daily Habits

Daily writing prompt
What are your daily habits?

I start with coffee and sitting in silence with the Lord. Breakfast comes next, then the computer goes on, and I pick up where left off with my manuscript. Physical exercise and a walk then dinner rounds out my day.

Posted in Characterization

Habits and Mannerisms

What can you do to make your characters stand out as individuals? Well, there are quite a bit of strategies you can try, but two of the most popular ones to try are to give you characters habits and certain mannerisms. Think outside the box with this. Get creative. I say this because, one of the things you want to avoid is making your characters like everyone else.

Example:
Maybe you have a character who, when they are deep in thought, not only creases their brows together, but they also place a hand on their hip and scratch their cheek with the other at the same time. Then they lean on their other hip, place their opposite hand on that hip and scratch their other cheek with their other hand.

Yes, one would normally call this fidgeting, but it is very specific and the reader gets to see just how they fidget. The details of these movements causes this character to stand out. That’s what you want.