Problem
solving
Something was at the back of my mind recently, disturbing what
little equilibrium I enjoy J and
worse still invading my slumber, giving me unpleasant dreams and waking me so
thoroughly that I could not go back to sleep. After a few days realisation dawned
– it was the characters in my novel. I didn’t like any of them; they seemed to
have very few redeeming features and I really didn’t much care what happened to
them.
It’s my own fault for writing such unappealing people! Since I
abandoned them and turned to another work in progress I have felt more at ease
and am sleeping better. I’m working with amiable characters now, or at least
characters who are less obnoxious.
All this serves to illustrate is that I have very little in my
life to worry about for which I am exceedingly grateful. I shall eventually
return to my cast of nasties and give them a make-over, a face lift for the
temperament – they’ll be better for it and so shall I!
It's bad when one can't sleep and turns like a windmill in the bed. I hope you will sleep better now that you changed your characters ! As long as you don't cut your ear off like van Gogh, it's OK !
ReplyDeleteI think it was a wise decision to abandon the characters you don't like. If you don't like them, probably no one else will either.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting how one's characters in one's novel can affect one's real life. Glad you realized what the problem was and how to solve it.
ReplyDeleteI've never been kept awake by imaginary characters only by what I want them to do. They usually refuse.
ReplyDeleteGood idea to start working with characters you like and care about!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your decision to abandon your characters was a good one. Have fun working with the nice ones!
ReplyDeleteAt least you can rewrite them, not much one can do if it is real life. Fortunately that doesnt' happen very often.
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