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I'm Twila and I love loving characters. Even as a child, I was always so fascinated by books and the alphabet. When I think back to my first few encounters with books, the one that stands out the most is that one time before I started school. I'd been looking at the way my parents wrote and tried to copied their 'cursive' style of writing and when I got a hold of my mom's Bible one day, I started 'writing' all over it (just so y'all know, this isn't about to branch out into witnessing to you guys or whatever. I'm just telling you about a fond memory).
When I started school, I did nothing but read (besides pushing chairs around and kicking other kids' shins). My class had a little library full of children's classics, ranging from the Western fairy tales to the Eastern myths. Ever since I was little, I've always had attachments to the characters I read. When a story was finished, I always made up extensions to it, or if a character dies, I hold onto their last moment and mourn them. I don't exactly know how to explain this, but to me (especially back then), the story was(is) just the background. Everything the character says, thinks, does is of paramount importance. Instead of dwelling on the story, I dwell more on how the character must be feeling, what they would do about it, what their next motive would be, what would happen to them. I don't know if that makes sense, hah.
The way I feel about characters also impacted the way I wrote. My stories tend to be simple, moved forward by the characters. I do a lot of character development and I can NEVER continue with what I'm writing when my characters refuse to talk or if their names don't fit. Even when a story or play I wrote is done, I still keep on writing within that universe because my characters are still talking and moving about, revealing more and more of themselves to me than there originally was.
Like other storyamorists, I crush on characters and even wish for them to be my friend or sibling, etc. But then in this place, that's not weird at all... right? I've also had this character in my head ever since I was around grade 4; it was like he grew up with me. I don't honestly know if I'll ever fully write about him instead of just snippets that only I can understand, because I'm afraid that if I did, he'd stop talking once the story is finished and I'll never be able to access him again. Lots of times though, I just can't find the right words, especially because he likes to be silent. He just likes to move around and do things in the world in my head, only talking when absolutely necessary. He's not much of a talker and so when I try to write about him and make him talk, I come up blank. He's gone through so many name changes over the years because it was so hard to find a name that would fit him. He resisted every name I've given him, but now he's happily settled on 'Casey'.
ANYWAY. I'm sorry if I talked too much! I hope to meet more storyamorists and discuss lotsa character-related things that none of my friends like to talk about. Hope to have a lot of 'high five' moments as well! See you all around!
I'm Twila and I love loving characters. Even as a child, I was always so fascinated by books and the alphabet. When I think back to my first few encounters with books, the one that stands out the most is that one time before I started school. I'd been looking at the way my parents wrote and tried to copied their 'cursive' style of writing and when I got a hold of my mom's Bible one day, I started 'writing' all over it (just so y'all know, this isn't about to branch out into witnessing to you guys or whatever. I'm just telling you about a fond memory).
When I started school, I did nothing but read (besides pushing chairs around and kicking other kids' shins). My class had a little library full of children's classics, ranging from the Western fairy tales to the Eastern myths. Ever since I was little, I've always had attachments to the characters I read. When a story was finished, I always made up extensions to it, or if a character dies, I hold onto their last moment and mourn them. I don't exactly know how to explain this, but to me (especially back then), the story was(is) just the background. Everything the character says, thinks, does is of paramount importance. Instead of dwelling on the story, I dwell more on how the character must be feeling, what they would do about it, what their next motive would be, what would happen to them. I don't know if that makes sense, hah.
The way I feel about characters also impacted the way I wrote. My stories tend to be simple, moved forward by the characters. I do a lot of character development and I can NEVER continue with what I'm writing when my characters refuse to talk or if their names don't fit. Even when a story or play I wrote is done, I still keep on writing within that universe because my characters are still talking and moving about, revealing more and more of themselves to me than there originally was.
Like other storyamorists, I crush on characters and even wish for them to be my friend or sibling, etc. But then in this place, that's not weird at all... right? I've also had this character in my head ever since I was around grade 4; it was like he grew up with me. I don't honestly know if I'll ever fully write about him instead of just snippets that only I can understand, because I'm afraid that if I did, he'd stop talking once the story is finished and I'll never be able to access him again. Lots of times though, I just can't find the right words, especially because he likes to be silent. He just likes to move around and do things in the world in my head, only talking when absolutely necessary. He's not much of a talker and so when I try to write about him and make him talk, I come up blank. He's gone through so many name changes over the years because it was so hard to find a name that would fit him. He resisted every name I've given him, but now he's happily settled on 'Casey'.
ANYWAY. I'm sorry if I talked too much! I hope to meet more storyamorists and discuss lotsa character-related things that none of my friends like to talk about. Hope to have a lot of 'high five' moments as well! See you all around!
