Here are Chris’s thoughts on the Musings for today:
We talked memories last week. And while this is will be the Sunday before
Canada’s Remembrance Day, I’m still riding this emotion.Something about watching my grandfather at his reunion and those men and
what memories they must have had for their time during WWW II. How each one
may never have met except for this time. Each with different lives before
and after.When writing characters we need to know them more than what we share on the
page. What’s one secret about your favourite character you’re willing to
share? What’s one secret you’re willing to share about yourself?
Canada’s Remembrance Day, I’m still riding this emotion.Something about watching my grandfather at his reunion and those men and
what memories they must have had for their time during WWW II. How each one
may never have met except for this time. Each with different lives before
and after.When writing characters we need to know them more than what we share on the
page. What’s one secret about your favourite character you’re willing to
share? What’s one secret you’re willing to share about yourself?
Here are my thoughts:
Daffodil has to be my favourite character. I like her vulnerability and sensitivity, as well as her newly-acquired courage and nerve.
When ‘Daffodil and the Thin Place’ begins, she lacks confidence – like many other teenagers. She longs to be acknowledged by the ‘Popular Girls’, believing that their acceptance will validate her life and it’s not until she’s taken completely out of her environment that she realises strength comes from within, not from other people’s approval. Stuck in the nineteenth century, far from the parents she usually relies on to deal with her problems, she recognises that her life depends on her resourcefulness and courage. And if that isn’t enough for a thirteen-year old, she knows the life of a friend is in her hands too.
I drew on experiences that I had when I was a teenager to write Daffodil. It took me a lot longer to work out things that she learned in a very short space of time. Perhaps I’d have grown up faster if I’d been whisked back in time!
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