Have you ever read an interview by a writer, like Stephanie Meyer or JK Rowling talk about their characters not leaving them alone? For example, Stephanie Meyer re-wrote Twilight from Edward's point of view for herself, simply because she said he wouldn't leave her alone. JK Rowling has said in an interview that she has pages and pages of Hermione because she wouldn't stop talking. I have never really believed it when writers said that their characters came alive, or they wouldn't do what they author wanted. I was always like, "Okay, Joan of Arc. Whatever." But guess what?
I have a character.
She won't leave me alone.
Her name is Gwen, and she is a sophomore in high school. She is love with Zack Wilson, a football player who is new the school and is incredibly hot. She hates Cali Bernard for the sheer fact that she is a cheerleader, and she loves anything 80's. Except spandex. Because Gwen is fat. Super fat. She's 15 and weigh 233 pounds. And she wants Zach Wilson to take her to Junior Homecoming--exactly one year from now--because she is going to lose 100 pounds in the meantime and make him fall madly in love with her. Gwen has a best friend named Rachel, who is too skinny to be pretty. She has a grandmother named Opal, who is slightly crazy and a hypochondriac, and her grandmother has a boyfriend named Jerry, who is definitely crazy. Gwen's parents both work, so they aren't around a lot, so she depends on Grandma and Jerry.
Gwen talks a lot, and is incredibly frustrated with me because she only has like 330 days left to lose 100 pounds and I haven't started writing her story yet. But she keeps me up at nights. It's not like I don't have other things to do!
Anyway, Gwen's blog is off to the side, if you care. It's the only place I can give her voice and make her calm down for now.
