Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Jun 04 2010
Raving radish munchers and cold-blooded kudzu killers
Does your main character have a whole collection full of prize-winning orchids? Does another character kill everything green except silk ferns? Maybe your protagonist has spent more on plant food than on shoes or a secondary character has an overly-elaborate watering system for a rose garden. Has one of your characters even been so angry at wild rabbits stealing lettuce that some poor bunny ended up a stew? Does the retired teacher in your protagonist's book club have a habit of cultivating Venus flytraps? The kind of plants in your characters' lives can underscore their personalities or can reveal subtle cracks in their otherwise put-together world.
posted at: 18:06 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Does your main character have a whole collection full of prize-winning orchids? Does another character kill everything green except silk ferns? Maybe your protagonist has spent more on plant food than on shoes or a secondary character has an overly-elaborate watering system for a rose garden. Has one of your characters even been so angry at wild rabbits stealing lettuce that some poor bunny ended up a stew? Does the retired teacher in your protagonist's book club have a habit of cultivating Venus flytraps? The kind of plants in your characters' lives can underscore their personalities or can reveal subtle cracks in their otherwise put-together world.
posted at: 18:06 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
