Your characters are real people. Sure, writers already know that, especially when we think of characters written by others who are as real to us as people standing next to us: Meggie (The Thorn Birds), Dana (Kindred), Augie (Wonder), etc., etc.But the basic insight of this notion is altered by a certain experience just a couple of days old: My tearful drive down a busy street.
No kidding. The other day, I'd had some running about town to do, unremarkable stuff, just work and errands, which included driving through the neighborhood where my main character wound up moving for a lengthy period of her life...
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