Notes from a writer's blog

I jotted some notes down while reading Adam Gnade's blog for inspiration- characters and advice:

your people should be real people big tits, big hair--- say it pay attention to people's hands and write what they do. explain how they smelled: disgust, comfort, turn you on. characters darkest depths. know your characters before you write them. even if they're fiction its important that you've drank with them, slept with them, fought with them, know them until you've forgotten that they are not real. when you're in public, watch people, take secret notes, build a landscape of observations. sometimes the smallest things are most important. loyal, honest