My first main character was pretty awesome. Not in the very beginning of her life, but as I grew into her and she grew into me. As she taught me to let go and trust that I knew how to do this, she became more like a person and less like a collection of words and actions.
If you think you know who my first main character was, you probably don’t. Or maybe you have paid attention and you do remember.

The thing with characters is they need to breath, have a heart beat, emotions, needs, wants, all the things. You don’t need to know all that in the beginning. It’ll come if you trust your character. If you let that character show you the sort of person they are. If you listen to your character.

Sometimes you create a character that will not lie down quietly and mind their own business. In my experience, they are the best characters of all. They have their own voice and they’re not afraid to use it.
My first character always knew she’d have a place with me and in my work. I did not know that. I didn’t know that at all. One day, she appeared and I was momentarily surprised but then it made sense and I knew that that character was just waiting for the right situation to show herself again. She wasn’t happy being tucked away in my bottom drawer, she had things to say, and more life to live. She had questions and the biggest one was, ‘Why?’

She taught me to ask questions. She taught me to question everything. She found her place while I was busy writing with another character. She quietly appeared on the page as if she’d been there the whole time. I guess she had been, I just wasn’t aware.

Isn’t writing fun? 🙂

Re-that book I’m reading … please, for the love of words on a page, do not let your mc ramble on in her own fecking head in the MIDDLE of what is or should’ve been an action sequence. This mc rambled for three pages then the author tried reclaim the pace.
You cannot. It doesn’t work.
Stop it immediately.

Meanwhile, love you long time, go buy a book! 🙂

FYI, if you’ve read the FBI-Byte Series (beyond killerbyte) then you have met my very first character. No, it’s not Ellie.