I think it was Laura Drewry who said she buys magazines to clip out pictures for visuals for her stories. I think it was mainly for the characters but it may have been more.
Her idea sounded great but I couldn't see spending a ton of money on magazines if I didn't want to read them too. Kind of put the idea on the back burner. Well, I subscribe to exactly two magazines...People and Soap Opera Digest. I share People with a friend of mine so if I saw something I liked in it, I wouldn't want to cut it out (guess I could always scan it, now that I think about it) and never expected to see anything in the Soap Opera Digest.
Anyway, I've been kind of behind on my magazine reading (did you know Britney and Kevin Federline were having marital problems? yeah, I read about it a week or so ago...but I digress). So, yesterday I was reading my Soap Opera Digest and I came across this great picture of Crystal Chappell that I had to cut out. It's a picture of my new heroine. It's great. I finally know what she looks like. And now I want to go get something to stick/glue it to so I can work on a collage for the story to put other things on (when I find them) so I have the visuals for my story.
But I'm curious, what methods to you use to put your story together and how do you figure out what your characters look like? Inquiring minds want to know.
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I don't do the collage thing but I always have to find a picture of my hero/heroine before I start. Sometimes I don't even go back and look at them again but I guess it's just part of my process!
I should try that too - it definitely would help to get a visual.
I haven't watched (little letters "soaps" - that's funny btw) for at least 12 years (pre-kids), but I remember Crystal Chappell - pretty lady (good heroine material). Definitely better than Britney! :)
I have my blog set up to tell me when people comment but it didn't tell me about these. *sigh*
Anyway, I've cut out a number of other pictures now too. And I only watch All My Children (used to watch all the ABC soaps) these days. I'm thinking of not renewing my subscription to SOD next year. We'll see.
Oh and Ellen, I love this picture of Crystal Chappell. It's unlike any I've ever seen of her. I really like it.
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