Describing friends:
When I expressed issues with characterization, Obi told me to describe my classmates Kiera, Pat, and my best friend. Well, I just don't feel comfortable describing people I know but don't know, like Kiera and Pat. So I chose just to describe my best friend, Sarah.
Sarah asked me when she read this story, "Oh my God, am I Christina?!" It's surprising to me that she'd ask, even jokingly, because she really isn't Christina. Christina is closest to my former friend Katie (because Katie would listen to/sing "Hey Jude" with me) and my longtime friend Amanda (because Amanda is the flighty type like Christina. I'm anything but stable, but sometimes I feel like the stable half of our friendship). But when I sit back and look at Christina and June's relationship, I guess I'm troubled. I don't know if it is clear enough why these two are friends. So I would probably do well to incorporate some of Sarah into Christina, because she is my best friend. Maybe that would make it more believable for me. And if it is more believable for me, I'd assume it would be more believable for my readers.
It's something I will have to consider.
Sarah asked me when she read this story, "Oh my God, am I Christina?!" It's surprising to me that she'd ask, even jokingly, because she really isn't Christina. Christina is closest to my former friend Katie (because Katie would listen to/sing "Hey Jude" with me) and my longtime friend Amanda (because Amanda is the flighty type like Christina. I'm anything but stable, but sometimes I feel like the stable half of our friendship). But when I sit back and look at Christina and June's relationship, I guess I'm troubled. I don't know if it is clear enough why these two are friends. So I would probably do well to incorporate some of Sarah into Christina, because she is my best friend. Maybe that would make it more believable for me. And if it is more believable for me, I'd assume it would be more believable for my readers.
It's something I will have to consider.