Day 07 - Your best friend, in great detail
The rain has now softened a bit and both Ryan and I have moved onto a second cup of coffee. After my initial refusal he also has purchased us two slices of banana bread - his favourite coffee house snack. I’ve moved away from my discussion of his parents and instead asked about his best friend.
The rain has now softened a bit and both Ryan and I have moved onto a second cup of coffee. After my initial refusal he also has purchased us two slices of banana bread - his favourite coffee house snack. I’ve moved away from my discussion of his parents and instead asked about his best friend.
Talbot: Now let’s change things up just a bit. Your main character’s best friend, where did she come from?
Ryan: She is probably the combination of all of my best friends in some way or another.
T: Best friends? How many do you have?
R: I consider quite a number of my closest friends in real life to be best friends. It is this fiercely loyal group of people that I trust implicitly.
T: It’s like a tribunal then?
Ryan laughs: You could say so. If I had to choose a lead best friend it would have to be Kerry. She is the majority of that character and been the one I’ve had around me the longest.
T: How did she inspire the character?
R: She has always been there for me. When I first met her, I was so shy, I didn’t take much of a chance to know her. She was dating one of my high school buddies and they both decided to set me up with her best friend. When he jilted me and left me crying one night, she took me out on a walk and calmed me down. It would be the first of MANY , and please bold many, times she would help me out in times of heartache and trouble.
T: So she is really like the partner in crime that helps your character out all those times in the story.
R: Absolutely. I consider her my sister really. In the ten plus years we’ve known each other, we have never had a fight.
T: Really?
R: It’s true. We’ve had disagreements and shared heated words but we get over it. I can not think of time where we stopped speaking to each other. Even when we lived far enough apart we always stayed in touch and always shared our lives with the other.
T: In your story there is this scene where you and her have that big disagreement and she storms off, where did that come from? A little pent up anger perhaps?
R: Surprisingly no. That is based off of another friend. Like I said the character is built up from many of best friends.
T: What does she think of the comparisons between the two?
R: I’m not sure, I could probably have turned that character into the villain or a hooker and she wouldn’t be offended. You see we have this deal, when I become a famous author and have a big house; she gets to live in the pool house. It’s kind of her retirement plan for taking care of my baggage for so many years. And anyway I can get us there, I’m certain she’ll be supportive.
T: She sounds very loyal.
R: Absolutely. Although we joke that we have to be. We know far too many secrets.
T: Like where the bodies are hidden?
R: Exactly! We all need to have at least one friend that we can call up at four am and ask to bring over a shovel.
Stay tuned for more of my conversation with Ryan in a few more days.
To see a list of the days click here.
The rain has now softened a bit and both Ryan and I have moved onto a second cup of coffee. After my initial refusal he also has purchased us two slices of banana bread - his favourite coffee house snack. I’ve moved away from my discussion of his parents and instead asked about his best friend.
Talbot: Now let’s change things up just a bit. Your main character’s best friend, where did she come from?
Ryan: She is probably the combination of all of my best friends in some way or another.
T: Best friends? How many do you have?
R: I consider quite a number of my closest friends in real life to be best friends. It is this fiercely loyal group of people that I trust implicitly.
T: It’s like a tribunal then?
Ryan laughs: You could say so. If I had to choose a lead best friend it would have to be Kerry. She is the majority of that character and been the one I’ve had around me the longest.
T: How did she inspire the character?
R: She has always been there for me. When I first met her, I was so shy, I didn’t take much of a chance to know her. She was dating one of my high school buddies and they both decided to set me up with her best friend. When he jilted me and left me crying one night, she took me out on a walk and calmed me down. It would be the first of MANY , and please bold many, times she would help me out in times of heartache and trouble.
T: So she is really like the partner in crime that helps your character out all those times in the story.
R: Absolutely. I consider her my sister really. In the ten plus years we’ve known each other, we have never had a fight.
T: Really?
R: It’s true. We’ve had disagreements and shared heated words but we get over it. I can not think of time where we stopped speaking to each other. Even when we lived far enough apart we always stayed in touch and always shared our lives with the other.
T: In your story there is this scene where you and her have that big disagreement and she storms off, where did that come from? A little pent up anger perhaps?
R: Surprisingly no. That is based off of another friend. Like I said the character is built up from many of best friends.
T: What does she think of the comparisons between the two?
R: I’m not sure, I could probably have turned that character into the villain or a hooker and she wouldn’t be offended. You see we have this deal, when I become a famous author and have a big house; she gets to live in the pool house. It’s kind of her retirement plan for taking care of my baggage for so many years. And anyway I can get us there, I’m certain she’ll be supportive.
T: She sounds very loyal.
R: Absolutely. Although we joke that we have to be. We know far too many secrets.
T: Like where the bodies are hidden?
R: Exactly! We all need to have at least one friend that we can call up at four am and ask to bring over a shovel.
Stay tuned for more of my conversation with Ryan in a few more days.
To see a list of the days click here.