Writing Character Detail

Writing Character Detail

If you’re a writer, it sure helps to be a people watcher. And New Orleans just may provide some of the best people watching around. Take the shot below of the group of residents on Frenchmen’s Street. You just know they sit out like this every clear day. Contrast that with the dancing shots from The Maison, a club where I finally got my Zydeco music fix.

old folks home

 

maison2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, let the good times roll. Or laissez les bon temps rouler as they say in New Orleans. But the city is also replete with people not so fortunate.

homeless guys talking

homeless girl and dog sleeping

 

 

I wanted to take both the girl and the pup home, give them a hot bath, a monster meal and a home. It made my heart hurt. That, too, is an increasing part of New Orleans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then there were all the people plying their trade, again in a very particularly Nola way.

tarot  Coquette bartender 2cigar guy

kitchen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

erotic poetry 2

You don’t have to go to New Orleans to find characters you can photograph and use as inspiration when you’re populating your written world. Give it a try. You’ll be surprised by the riches you come back with and how that impacts writing character detail.

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