phantom-inker

 Caitlyn walked into her apartment with a heavy sigh, dropped her purse on the couch, and flopped down on the floor as the door slammed shut behind her.  The TV remote was within reach, and with a flick of her wrist, the TV was on, blaring one of the horrible news channels that had proliferated so widely in recent years. She winced.  It was going to happen, whether she liked it or not, and she didn’t like it.  The pressure was building up.  She could feel it. “...was caught red-handed today robbing a jewelry store on 86th street.  The suspect, seen here on security camera footage, was identified by eye-witnesses as a cheetah, an

There are three fundamentals to a well-written story:  Character, Plot, and Theme.  And they belong in that priority order. Character Character is all about how people feel.  It is about personalities and reactions, about thoughts and feelings, and it is absolutely the most important thing in a story.  You can have a boring plot with good characters, and you can have no deeper theme with good characters, but if you have bad characters, nothing will save your story.Describing Feelings Even though I just said that thoughts and feelings are the most important thing in your story, that doesn't mean you should come right out and say how your cha

 Caitlyn walked into her apartment with a heavy sigh, dropped her purse on the couch, and flopped down on the floor as the door slammed shut behind her.  The TV remote was within reach, and with a flick of her wrist, the TV was on, blaring one of the horrible news channels that had proliferated so widely in recent years. She winced.  It was going to happen, whether she liked it or not, and she didn’t like it.  The pressure was building up.  She could feel it. “...was caught red-handed today robbing a jewelry store on 86th street.  The suspect, seen here on security camera footage, was identified by eye-witnesses as a cheetah, an