If you were to look out my sliding glass door at this moment this would be the word that you would use to describe the scene. Or if you are a 4 year old it would be ~ yucky. Dark and depressing does not even cover it, the rain is coming down with no excitement just blah. Not the words of an expressive writer but the truth is that is exactly what is happening. Gray and dismal are sometimes just that ~ gray and dismal.
So as I am doing my summary of my plot and character development I have had to expand out of the gray dismal that can be easily put into long never ending sentences. Instead stormy, misty, ominous, under the cloak of night are better used in writing. Saying the titles Sleepy Hollow or Dracula should rack images of gloomy but with excitement or better yet fear.
I am not sure at this point in my novel how much weather will play into it but gloomy can also be a word easily used for mood. Not that a gloomy mood character sounds entertaining either, but they sometimes help balance the story and bring a sense of realness. Everyone knows an Eeyore...."oh bother,", not always the most loved character but I think we can relate to him. Sometimes a character with a positive disposition can all of sudden become sullen and gloomy, even if temporary.
At this point in my novel I have certain main characters, without detail I can say I have one character that is a young boy. I wanted to see an image of him on paper as I do in my mind, so thanks to the Internet I found a nameless boy in a pose of what I see this character to be like.....grinning from ear to ear. Always happy and uplifting, nothing gets him down. To think that there is possibilities that within the story he will be gloomy is hard to imagine, however to add depth to him he may have to become gloomy.
I see my plot and story line like a roller coaster but the depth of my characters is something different. They are becoming people that I know and care for or even better hate (my antagonist who actually I like, its complicated).
I continue on and hope that in the periods of darkness I can bring light to my story.
