by Christine Kohler
In the quest for writing character-driven stories, it is easy to fall into the trap of having a character musing to oneself too much. By musing, I'm talking about thoughts, also called internal monologue, or interior monologue.
Often writers write the first draft in too much internal monologue to get the Read More
This article first appeared
Adventures in YA Publishing (March 6, 2015) and Uncommon YA (March 20, 2015)
by Christine Kohler
Imagine you open a book and one character's dialogue is in a foreign language that you do not read. Read More
[Note: This article is revised reprint from a 2012 CHILDREN’S WRITER column, published by The Institute.]
I read a lot of works in progress, between my work as a teacher through the Institute of Children’s Literature, my editorial business, and occasionally acting as a Read More
By Christine Kohler
This article originally appeared on the (ICL) Institute of Children’s website.
Is your main character a stargazer or navel-gazer? Does your protagonist observe the world around him using his five senses? Or does she mutter inwardly to herself, totally self-absorbed? If your character is Read More
