Conversing with My Characters

When I was struggling to write Cursed, I had tea with a writer friend. She said when she’s struggling with a story, sometimes she’ll have a conversation about it with one of her fictional characters. I realize non-writers will see this as a sure sign of insanity, but I suspect that most fiction writers will understand. Of course, I tried it.

I ended up writing out the spirit man’s version of the story. I had to hide from my family while I wrote so I wouldn’t lose my – his? – train of thought. Easily interrupted, anyway.

I can’t share it with anyone because it’s full of spoilers, but writing it was a lot of fun. He’s pretty opinionated.

Maureen