The first tree has family made ornaments. The one with hearts is my daughter's tree--the ornaments represent her childhood love of bears, her semester at sea, her time as a daycare teacher. The third with a woman on top is mine-teacups, books, high heel shoes, my children and home.

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Writing: These trees are character studies. Writers do them in different ways: charting, listing, filling out employment forms. I think about my main character until I can talk to him. That character usually tells me about the others. Once I had a character that the main character didn't understand and who wouldn't talk. Luckily her friend, another character spilled the beans. And people think writers are nuts!