I Would Hold On, And Hold On,

There Are Technical Tricks That May Help You Create More Effective Characters. My Approach To Characterization Is Not At All Technical. I Can't Really Analyze How I Do It, But I Am Sure Of One Thing. To Write Convincing Characters, You Must Possess The Ability To Think Yourself Into Someone Else's Skin.

Eat Of My Deep Earth, Drink Of My Living Streams, For I Am Your Mother. Your Heart Is My Wild Drum, Your Breath My Eternal Song. If You Would Live, Dance With Me!

You Know Not, Yet, The Sort Of Love That Strikes Like A Lightning Bolt; That Clutches Hold Of You By The Heart, As Irrevocably As Death; That Becomes The Lodestar By Which You Steer The Rest Of Your Life. I Would Not Wish Such A Love On Anyone, Man Or Woman, For It Can Make Your Life A Paradise, Or It Can Destroy You Utterly.

First Person Allows Deeper Insight Into The Protagonist's Character. It Allows The Reader To Identify More Fully With The Protagonist And To Share Her World Quite Intimately. So It Suits A Story Focused On One Character's Personal Journey. However, First Person Shuts Out Insights Into Other Characters.

Trust Is A Thing You Know Without Words.