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10 years ago
"CitizenErased14;14339636" wrote:
In the end though, I decided to stop asking myself "What would a 50-something year old do in this situation?" Or "How would a 70-year-old say this?". I asked myself "What would LUCAS (my main character) do?" "What would LUCAS say?" Because despite his age, he was still my character! :)
I think this experience has made me feel a little bit better about writing characters who are significantly older than myself. Maybe someday I will try a story with a character who begins as an Elder :) It could be really interesting, actually!
I love this quote! Yes and Yes, I think that's what I loved most about your characters is that we knew them that well too...I think I remember stating how Mel would probably buy the sad kid in the background (on one of the pics in D2D) an ice-cream, because that is who she was. They aren't fiction to the fans either when the author can make them tangible and authentic. I really believe its those kinds of questions that breaths life into the characters in stories :).
@mastressalita lol I will need to google how to remove plumbobs!!! Thanks for the great write up today.