Amato, Mary. "Dear Diary: A Fiction Writer's Secret Tool." Illinois Reading Council Journal 37.2 (2009): 3-7. EBSCO. Web. 28 Feb. 2011.
Mary Amato had a problem figuring out how she should write her next novel, her characters voice was being lost, and she had to ask herself who this character was communicating with. She solved this problem with a diary, the character would write to herself. By using a diary you can flesh out a character, let their inner most thoughts come out in a natural way. By inhabiting this character as a writer it should also ease the development of their traits. This can also be used in minor characters. By writing a diary for even the most mundane characters you can develop them into likable characters, thus making your characters and world more likable and believable. I will try this method out for developing my characters, and I find it interesting how it pairs with the character trait list. However it remains to be seen if I continue to employ this method as I was never a diary type person.
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