More on character reveal. Imagine sitting in a lovely park, chillin’ to the chirping birds, rippling stream and smelly flowers turning to the sun’s warmth. Tart apple juice dribbles down your chin. A stranger sits on your bench (you’ve claimed it for a time). Maybe you engage in friendly conversation. Maybe you jot impressions in your notebook: flowing fuchsia dress, green hair clashing with purple drop earrings, toes peeking from cut-off striped leggings to accommodate flipflops.
The stranger leaves. She disappears into her car, or better yet, the woods. You imagine her acting badly or just being naughty. She’s not there physically but her essence lives on. This week a major character who (spoiler alert) dies in the first chapter of novel number two, revealed a bad habit that was so well hidden even I didn’t know about it. How will it play out? It may be cut in some ensuing draft, but what fun it is to imagine all the outrageous things she will say and do in my writing pages. My first draft is a wild teenager experimenting with all kinds of trouble. I’m not worried. There will be time for returning home to structure and sense. Besides, who wants to read a book where everyone behaves?
Quote of the Week…
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” Marcus Aurelius, 121 – 180
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Quote of the Week…
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955
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