Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Whiskey Wednesday --When Characters Collide
If you're a reader, then you know that a great book has memorable characters. Captain Ahab, Jennifer Crusie's Minerva in "Bet Me", Mark Twain's Huck Finn, Jane Austen's Elisabeth Bennet, and Dorothy L. Sayer's Peter Whimsey were all crafted and honed to give us a window into their world. But I think about how they all tortured their creators.
Imagine, poor Jane Austen just wants to write a novel that will sell to the uptight society she lives in. But she has Elisabeth Bennet nattering in her head about Darcy and won't leave her alone. And Elisabeth is kind of a snarky bitch! Can you imagine? There had to be moments as Jane was writing "Pride and Prejudice" that she wanted to strangle the entire Bennet clan. Of course, now this is a classic.
I wonder if Agatha Christie ever beat her head against the keyboard because Miss Marple decided to take a holiday to India for no damn reason? Did Frank Herbert ever look at his wife, Beverly and say "That damn Paul Atredies. Maybe I'll just let the Harkonnens kill him."
One of my writer friends has IRON control over her characters. I, however, do not. Therefore, it is not surprising to find myself in the middle of a story and my characters start killing each other, sleeping with each other when they're not supposed to and running around from point A to point B without much happening. The little buggers.
So I raise my glass to characters, written and unwritten. I NEED alcohol to deal with them.
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