"Baaa," says she sheepishly...

[tree_talking]

It's goin' round!

Name a character that you know I write or have written, and I'll tell you:

a. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
b. One of his/her best traits.
c. One of his/her worst traits.
d. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
e. The story/thread/chapter/post/paragraph/tag/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character.
f. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Comments

[buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com]

Elaine!

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

a. Well, when I first thought about joining Milliways, I knew that I'd have to find the "right" character. I wasn't quite sure what the "right" character was, but I would know it when I found it. I as reading some Malory one night and Elaine grabbed my brain and would not let go. Seriously, she kept me up all night and I wrote the app in record time and sent it off.

b. The best trait: she's utterly sweet. She's quite possibly the sweetest character I've ever written, which, if you account for all my characters...is saying a lot. ;)

c. Worst trait: impossibly naive. That and there's a certain amount of self-loathing that doesn't come out very often, but is there nevertheless.

d. She was very difficult to write at first. I had to keep looking up the histories of things like coffee, tea, chocolate, etc. And since I chose a more modern period than the other Arthurian characters in the bar, she didn't quite jive with anyone. Still, she had fun!

e. It's hard for me to choose one! There are so many that are just right on. But she's stripped down to no support and no familiarity in the Los Angeles plot. I think you really saw what she was made of in that storyline.

f. Well, she's soon to be retired. She's had a wonderful run at Milliways, and she's been fun to play. In the future, she will have a supporting character role in my Arthurian novels. Milliways has been a great proving ground for the character.