I got a real kick out of this essay as I'm prepping for NaNoWriMo by designing a house for my main character. She is a stylist so the world she created around herself plays big in the storyline. Sometimes I find it painful, looking at a sofa & loving it, then having to wrench myself away because "C' would prefer a different one. As an exercise to get into a character's head, it can't be beat.
I got a real kick out of this essay as I'm prepping for NaNoWriMo by designing a house for my main character. She is a stylist so the world she created around herself plays big in the storyline. Sometimes I find it painful, looking at a sofa & loving it, then having to wrench myself away because "C' would prefer a different one. As an exercise to get into a character's head, it can't be beat.