Filters

I've been playing around with Instagram. My favorite photos are always up-close and a little abstract: sometimes the beauty is in the vistas, but other times, it's in the simplest of details.

If every fictional character is a unique individual, then he or she sees the world as real people: through a set of filters. These filters add light and darkness to otherwise flat landscapes. They highlight things others might not see. They are formed through experience and upbringing, hopes, dreams and doubts. I think it's important for readers to see a character's world through these filters so that, however different a story is from our own life experiences, we see it through the character's eyes and we understand.