The Writer's Tool Box

This  is a valuable tool for writers adding dimension to stories embellishing descriptions feeding the mind's eye.  If you have a visual of a place to look at a seed is planted, and when that seed is watered by the writer's pen roots sprout into being. There is an entire world out there just waiting to be discovered with your pen, or keyboard. A great way for the imagination to expand is by stepping outside the box. Investigating the world of difference; exploring the unknown.  Trust me these things are not in the backyard or playground up the road.  The concepts behind our block buster movies like Mission Impossible, Ian Fleming's 0007 Bond and Man from U.N.C.L.E. they all took place in exotic places.  The world is literally at our finger tips with tools like Google Earth, and YouTube.  We can't all hop a flight to destination exotica, but we do have wi-fi.
Why be satisfied with just wring about what happened around the corner or down the street when creating your short story, or novel's world. Do you know how much fun you can have creating that special place from the imagination.  Another tool of great value is WRITER'S GUIDE TO PLACES it covers 50 states 51 cities and Canadian Provinces; making your writing more authentic. And if you find yourself at a loss for words... like we all experience from time to time there's the Roget's Descriptive Word Finder.  Everything from A to Z nicely formatted, ya gotta love it.

But let us not leave out our characters we painfully birth painting our stories with other levels of dimension and populating the these places we've so meticulously created. Most times we see our characters walking in the flesh in daily life from the frustrating ass holes on the job to the most admired. A little frustration can go a long way if you know how to channel it and make a tool out of it. Even the media and all the drama that comes with it, and even the anger if you can recognize it's potential to your story... a tool to be used.  Sometimes the best ideas come from places of aggravation.  With an over active imagination, and annoyed immensely  I ended up writing
"To Resurrect and Avenge"  a 5 book series about Police Corruption and the Supernatural all this from being  aggravated before I retired. It was also a way of alleviating stress. Never get mad just get writing....imagine a haunted police department Head quarters build over sacred grounds offending the dead. Put it all in the box and think outside the box.
Some times you can even use the ass holes that are doing the annoying when creating characters.  We can be like Dr. Frankenstein, the mad scientist, the world's savior, or even the master chef. Our ingredients determine the character's outward and inward expression from the perfect villain to the perfect heroes. Most times its more then how your character looks, it's about the deep rooted physiological and dysfunctional character traits if they are to be the protagonist of the story. What about the lack of empathy?  How does our character express him or herself...with small words or long drawn out sentences.  Is there a key phrase this character likes to use. Does your character display numerous emotion states of mind? Does your character have a political stance...and what's his or her agenda,or ulterior motive. Life style, economic status, place of origin, family background, history, education all of these areas of life play a role in developing your characters. They should have a story to tell, when you use the tools from your tool box.  I'll be posting excerpts from To Resurrect and Avenge in the near future so come back to be in Another reality.
 Have fun creating and you can visit me at  
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