Day 5 - Your least favorite character you've written.
Is this a question? Mr. Andrew Wilander is my very least favorite to write. Why? Because he will elude me. He will hide in the tiny corners of my mind, amongst all the dusty plots and old stories, and refuse to see the light of day. He'd rather sit back there and I read, I assume.
Because I'd hate to think it all stemmed from a deeply rooted dislike of me.
Though that's probably true. He and I would get along awfully, were we ever to meet outside my crazy mind. We'd end up, after conversing just a short time, each angry at the other--though the both of us would never stoop to arguing. I would unknowingly wound his pride, he would shoot a dart through my sensitivity, and we'd part, shaking both with indignation of very different kinds, quiet content never to see the other again.
... Little wonder I find it so hard to write him. STILL, I'll have to find a way to break through his bitterness, because he is an integral part of Lara's Story and he cannot stay hidden forever. Do you hear this, Mr. Wilander? Are you heading my words? You cannot pretend you are so immersed in that book you are rendered deaf. I know what you are reading back there in that dusty corner. I know because I wrote it. When I was thirteen. And it is not all that interesting and very badly written. But you're not really reading it all, are you? You're just ignoring me. Alright. Have it your way. I have better things to do. Cheerio, old boy. You cannot elude me forever.
By the way, I am not really insane. I may or may not have these conversations with my imaginary friends on a daily basis, but that hardly constitutes insanity. Right? Of course right. Now I must head off; I've some business with the window seat to attend.
Ah yes. Those elusive characters who hide and grump at you when you wish them to make their important appearance. :P Mr. Wilander--your hour has come--stand forth and avenge yourself! ;)
I would lend you some of my penslayer ink with which to threaten him, Katie, but the ink is illegal in forty-nine states and six different worlds, and there is a price on my head in the kingdoms of two different planets.
It was all a misunderstanding, of course.
Here's to you, Katie. Least favourite characters and all, you're awesome. ^.^
This is a amazing post!! And do not worry, you are not insane. My current novel, the historical fiction one, was created through a dream I had and I tend to dream about my characters. SO you are not at ALL insane or weird.
I feel compelled to point out the fallacious logic in that argument. You are saying Katie is not insane merely because you do what she does - and because you do even weirder things than she. This is like saying Katie is not in pain from a hangnail merely because you dropped an anvil on your foot.
And of course we are not insane. Insanity is a break with reality and a distortion of its perception. We merely make fairytales about the world around us.
My dear Gabrielle, I am not worried about my little Writing Insanity and Weirdness. I embrace it. This post was a light-hearted, joking-around sort of post. I was actually hoping to invoke little chuckles from all and sundry... I was chuckling myself as I wrote it. You must keep that in mind while reading this blog, my dear friend: Not everything you read here will be serious. ;)
(I don't really think I'm insane. I if I did, I hardly think I'd joke about it. Or maybe I would. I haven't the faintest idea.)