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Letting Me Know

Have you ever been yelled at? By a fictitious character? My characters are often demanding, and if I don't listen, they yell.

Have you ever been yelled at? By a fictitious character?

The people in my NANDRIA Series are strong individuals in my mind. When I write a line of dialogue or set them to do an action that they believe is not right, they tell me. “That’s not me talking!” or “I wouldn’t do that. I’d do it this way.”

If I don’t listen, they yell.

Even other authors laugh when I tell them that. But a few look sheepish or nod in agreement, and I know they have had a similar experience. Their characters, too, have enough back story and individual traits to begin to assert their own ways of doing things.

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