Do your characters seem real to you?
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Re: Do your characters seem real to you?
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It's like when the writers of the TV show "All In The Family" were considering whether or not to kill off Edith Bunker, one of the most popular TV characters in television history. When the famous producer Norman Lear talked to Jean Stapleton (the actress who played Edith) about it, she said to Norman: "Edith is only fiction. She's not real." Whereas Norman Lear replied, "She's is to me."
That is my exact sentiment about my three characters. They have become such a part of me over the past four years that I sometimes forget that they only exist between the book covers.
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Shouldn't a writer know their characters well enough to feel like they are the author's children? At least well enough to know what makes them want to live.
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