And the shoving…
Not to mention the hair-pulling…
And the knees to the groin.
By this time in the creative process, the characters in my
Revolutionary War-era drama are pretty much defined. Their personalities have
been sketched out with only a few metaphorical freckles and bellybuttons to
add.
In short, they are their own people.
And, in short, they should gosh darn know their place in the novel by
now!
When I sit down to write, there should be no jockeying for position in
front of the “camera.” Tussling over screen time and who should be where in
each shot just shouldn’t be happening.
It shouldn’t.
“We’re all professionals here, so let’s start acting like it!” I
screamed at some hazy point in the chaos yesterday. (Of course I had to repeat
myself three times as the catfight between Willoughby and Easter in front of
the makeup trailer had stolen the attention of the whole lot. Petticoats and pattens
were flying. I had to duck a muff myself, at one point.)
So, the moral of this posting is this: Be prepared.
No matter how far along you are in the writing of your book, be
prepared for the characters to start feeling their oats and start bucking for
attention.
My advice?
Act accordingly.
Act loudly.
And duck.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
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