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Scotties Playtime says:

June 25, 2024 at 9:42 am

Hi Michael. How do you know when a character is speaking and when you are pushing your words on them. Sorry I may be out of line but authors create such characters that seem to have a life of their own … but when and how does it show when the author is forcing the character to say something the character doesn’t want to. It is jarring to me as a reader when it happens in a story, but as an author how do your characters say to you … sorry no boss that is not what I would say or how I would react? Thanks. I am not an author and if this is a trade secret please disregard the question. Hugs. Scottie

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1. Michael Seidel says:
  
  June 25, 2024 at 10:05 am
  
  Hey Scottie, I think it’s different for each writer. But for me, if I try forcing words or actions onto a character, they shut up and stop doing things. Bad feeling, because then you know you’ve gone in a wrong direction and you need to go back and fix it.
  
  Rarely happens, though. Once I’ve begun witing something, the characters do their own thing. I often feel like I’m watching, listening, transcribing, not creating. It makes editing and revising an interesting process because it frequently seems new to me. Yet, I can tell you the story.
  
  Thanks for the interest. Always fun to write about the writing process. Hugs ‘n cheers, M
  
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