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Guest Post
Casting Call for
Characters
by Jan Moran
Hello, it’s great to be here on Twigasm today! I’m a fan
fiction aficionado, too, so it’s wonderful to be among friends at Team Twigasm.
One question writers often hear is “how do you create your
characters?” I’ve been a writer since childhood, creating stories to entertain friends
and family members. One of my favorite parts of this process is drafting the characters.
So, how do I begin?
1.
Casting Call - Like a casting agent, I hold
auditions for my characters. For example, when I was considering leading ladies
for my novel, Scent of Triumph, I imagined
a young woman who was smart and sophisticated, warm and loving. She had to have
a natural gift of extraordinary talent. As a young mother, she would face
hardships in this historical thriller far beyond the comprehension of most of
us. She had to be relentlessly determined, driven to protect her family at any
cost, unwavering in her beliefs about her children, and obsessed to provide for
her family through her unique talents.
2.
What’s in a Name? - I like to hear poetry in a
name, so for this novel I imagined a young mother in 1920s France. What name
might such a stylish, creative mother choose? How about a classic French name
combined with an artistic emblem of her family and her creative passion? Thus, Danielle
Rose was christened after one of the most revered of flowers—appropriate for a child
born into a family of French perfumers. The poet, Sappho, in her 600 B.C. poem,
“Ode to the Rose,” referred to this blossom as the “queen of flowers.” Indeed,
this little girl would grow to become the leader of her family.
6:30 AM
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