Heidi’s Comments (group member since Jun 17, 2011)
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Hi pally!So I finally finished Beauty Queens and loved it. Like your previous works, this is a highly character driven story...which is fantastic.
My question has to do with with the creation process of these characterss.
Do you have the characters perfectly delineated before you begin to map out the plot or do they sometimes take shape AS you write the story? Also, are these characters purely imaginary or do you base them on people you may know? (I suppose a writer does this to some extent since you can draw on experience to a degree.)
Finally, I had the pleasure of listening to the audio production of Beauty Queens and was tickled by your reading. Outstanding job.
Knowing your love of music, I can only assume you are an auditory sort of gal and so I wondered if your characters had particular voices in your mind. For ex, Felicity Worthington had a husky voice and Duff a raspy one. So I wondered how much of this mental approximation of their voices played in shaping them.....or is it just me? Haha
-Heidithegreat
Hi pally!So I finally finished Beauty Queens and loved it. Like your previous works, this is a highly character driven story...which is fantastic.
My question has to do with with the creation process of these characterss.
Do you have the characters perfectly delineated before you begin to map out the plot or do they sometimes take shape AS you write the story? Also, are these characters purely imaginary or do you base them on people you may know? (I suppose a writer does this to some extent since you can draw on experience to a degree.)
Finally, I had the pleasure of listening to the audio production of Beauty Queens and was tickled by your reading. Outstanding job.
Knowing your love of music, I can only assume you are an auditory sort of gal and so I wondered if your characters had particular voices in your mind. For ex, Felicity Worthington had a husky voice and Duff a raspy one. So I wondered how much of this mental approximation of their voices played in shaping them.....or is it just me? Haha
-Heidithegreat
