While I don't believe in the inherent reliability of my daily horoscope, it's amazing how accurately my astrological sign describes my personality. I don't understand it, yet I'm pleasantly amazed.
Astrological signs can do more than provide a brief respite of humor from the often chaotic world. They can also help insightful writers craft bestsellers.
How do they do it?
In my library, I have a book entitled Zodiac Types. The book markets itself as "A sign-by-sign guide to personality, love, career, money and health."
Truly, it's a wonderful resource for character creation. It's not the only tool I use, but it helps.
How does it help?
When you go to create a character or characters, you can browse through the pages of a book (or a website for that matter) on astrological signs. Each sign portrays a different personality. Pick the personality that makes the most sense for the main character(s) in your book. The particular sign can offer lots of interesting color to your character's personality, providing additional insight and perhaps sparking plot twists and turns.
Another way astrological signs can help is by providing you with ready-made character personalities that differ. Most (if not all) of the characters in your story should be different. Solution: give each character a different astrological sign, complete with unique personality. And, wallah, you have a complex set of characters in which conflict is almost a given. Believe me, you could do much worse.
Here are a few websites to consider when creating your next bestseller:
http://www.psychicguild.com/
http://chinese.astrology.com/
http://www.astrologycom.com/
Keep Writing,
P.S.-My sign is Cancer.
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