Basic Stats Subject FM 1-Becca
Full Name: Rebecca Tinsdale
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
Weight: 110
Origin: born and raised in an upper-class suburb outside New York City
Language(s): English
Character Traits: simple (almost plain, but classy), honest, timid, supportive, loyal
Special Attributes: more influential that she is aware of, very likable, true
Purpose In “Full Moon”: Becca is the main character of this story and all other characters relate or connect to her in some way.
Have you ever been working out a plot twist just to find yourself developing an entirely different scheme than the one you set out to? My current wip, It’s Like the Full Moon, has really begun to take on a mind of it own. I thought I knew where I wanted these characters to go and how I wanted the story to end, but I just wrote in a completely new character that I’d never thought of.
Right now Rebecca is cuaght between the choas of her family, the drama of her best friend, and the affection of two different men…now Alex (maybe) has stepped on the scene. While writing a party scene for Rebecca and one of her current love interests, I somehow managed to introduce a long lost boyfriend from her youth. If that wasn’t enough, he comes along with his own set of uniquie baggage to add more flame to this romantic fire.
I swear, I really don’t know what’s going to happen next.
Ok so, I was stuck for a lot longer than I thought I would be. That eleventh chapter of “It’s Like a Full Moon” was haunting and taunting me for days. I couldn’t figure out what to do to mix up the story and move forward. Finally I had a break through.
I have been reading like a mad woman lately trying to finish stories for enjoyment as well as for review. Plus I’ve been fairly busy interviewing other authors, but think it was the interviews that made the light bulb go off in my head. One of the authors I was interviewing answered a question by providing a very unexpected answer. It was clear that there was a misunderstanding about the nature of the question. Once all things were cleared up, the answer made much or sense.
Later as I sat in front of my laptop, staring into to the abyss of white, while my cursor blinked mockingly at me, the words began to rattle around in brain. I started writing and didn’t stop until chapter 12 was completed and my story was ready to take a whole new exciting direction.
What I think I failed to realize before was that even if I came up with a great angle to spin my story on, I couldn’t just have it happen out of the blue. That’s when I thought about the funny misunderstanding with that interview. Well after that, it didn’t take long for me to come up with a great misunderstanding for two of my other characters to get caught up in, which just so happen to pull my heroine, Rebecca, right into the middle of.
So now my little romance is making its slow descent from its climatic plateau towards the conclusion of this tale. Hopefully I’ll be able to fill up another ten or so chapters working out a way for Rebecca, Teddy, Lisa, Paul, and even the quirky parents to all find love or at least lifelong companionship. (see article Stuck! For reference)
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I’ve been interviewing authors over at the Eternal Curse Series Blog, check it out to see what author Jimi Akanbi has been up to.
Interview: http://ecsuniverse.blogspot.com/2012/12/interview-06.html
Guest Post: http://ecsuniverse.blogspot.com/2012/12/guest-post-03-jimi-akanbi.html