So I was late with my F post. Blame it on my very slooooow connection (very slow laptop, actually). And admittedly, I was pretty much preoccupied. The slowness was getting on my nerves on top of that. Anyway, on with my post..
Fictionists, as we know, create characters from their own imagination. Yes, maybe the characters are loosely based on other existing book/movie/TV characters or even actual persons. However, they still have their own personalities, backgrounds, battles to win. Now, being their creators’ brainchild (brainchildren???), for sure, they are special. Do these writers also have favorites, too?
Mine would be Maya, who has been with me, so to speak, half my life, I think. At first, I thought I had a clear view of what I wanted her to be, but I wasn’t ready. I got stumped. For years, her story went on and off, longer than I care to admit. I do feel a bit thankful that I waited because now, she is clearer to me. I know what she is now, I know what I want from her. She is part-me, part-Brennan of BONES, part-Abby of NCIS, and part-whatever things that are unique to her. She is as I have planned long ago, my own contribution to Philippine literature and my own way of introducing the Filipino to the world….Now, if I can only finish it now, that would be awesome! Will carry on, of course.
I was curious about other writers and their creations. I, therefore, posted this question over at Quora:
“Which fictional character that you created is your favorite, and why?”
Luckily, I found people who were willing to share. I think they deserve to be featured simply by sharing. Find out their answers below. Maybe you’ll like their books. Click on the screenshots to get to their respective pages.
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Do you have your own faves? Please share and don’t forget to leave your relevant links in the comments! Meanwhile, working on my G post.
This piece serves as my Letter F post for the A to Z Challenge 2017.
If you’re interested:
A for Alibata – How to Spell the Ancient Filipino Way
B for Block – “How do you personally deal with writer’s block?”
C for Contents – Contents with all the Feels
D for Dialogue – Why Dialogue is Important
E for Edit – Mark Your Words!
J.Hi., I like your Maya character! She’s growing up with you! I made up a romantic character for my protagonist Elizabeth. Exactly as I would have liked the perfect man to be. Even though the book is based on real events, parts are fictional. Having fun creating the relationship. Happy Sunday!🎶💛 Christine (CE)
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Sorry…typo…J.Gi…😔
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No probs about the typo 🙂
Ooh, Elizabeth has a love interest!!! I haven’t been at your blog for quite a while so I haven’t read anything new. Will be going there later and pay my friend CE a visit! 😉
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What a neat idea! I wound up with a huge crush on Gilbert Rochambeau, from my “Seen Through the Phantom’s Eyes” series. Gilbert started out with a very small role in the first book, “In The Eye of The Beholder,” but soon showed me that he had a whole lot more to do than just be the majordomo. In fact, he turned out to be sort of quietly bad-ass. 😉
Thanks for sharing your thoughts here; I look forward to reading more.
Sharon E. Cathcart
Award-winning Author of Fiction Featuring Atypical Characters
#atozchallenge
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Thanks for sharing, Sharon! is your book a whodunnit? Sounds like it. Your link leads nowhere, though. Feel free to edit so others can find your post 🙂
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No, actually, it’s historical fiction! Thank you for letting me know the link doesn’t work. i can’t seem to edit the original post, so I’ll just put it here:
http://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com
Thank you!
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You’re very much welcome! 😉
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There is a Hindi movie where the hero has a fictional character in mind for his play and he calls her Maya. Then one day, he finds a beautiful actor who fits the description of Maya 🙂 interesting, right?
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Yes, very nice coincidence! Maya has been a favorite name of mine ever since I was little. There was this actress-singer on TV named Maya Valdez. It was not that I was a fan as i was not really (hey, I was a kid), buy I have loved the name all my life. She is now called Mitch Valdez, I don’t know the story behind the change. Got the chance to see her perform a standup comedy act at the homecoming event of the tertiary school I worked for before–she was funny!
Thanks for the visit and the comment! 🙂
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The Maya you created sounds very smart given the Brennan+Abby influences. I’ve always hesitated to create characters as I don’t want to get too attached to them…because then I’ll really spend wayyyy too much time on the writing. Then again, it’s when we become attached to our characters that we feel them and that helps makes out words convincing 😊
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Yep, Maya’s smart, but she’s not genius-smart. Not yet anyway as she has more important things to do, like get rid of the monsters. She’s a somewhat know-it-all like Brennan, but the Abby influence is her being somewhat charming (I hope!) and energetic despite the genius.She doesn’t have Caff-Pow, she does Barakofe!
“Then again, it’s when we become attached to our characters that we feel them and that helps makes out words convincing.”
True. I am in love with the idea of her.
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I think monsters will always be a part of our lives and they will never really go away. Maybe you can act our Maya in real life and then you will really feel close to her. Come to think of it, though, I’ve never acted out fictional characters that I’ve created… 😀
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Ha ha act out Maya??? I will need A LOT of things to be like her! I just say her lines, though. I’ve found a really nice look for her just recently, something similar, like this girl performing “In the Name of Love” . Outfit’s so cute! But Maya won’t need the long boots. I love the hair bun!
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Haha! I am sure you can act our Maya. Maybe do it when you are sleepy 😉 I love the hair bun on top of the head too. You could give it a go 😀
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When I was little, my mother would tie my hair that it looked like there’s a mushroom springing from my head. 🙂
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I like to think that was an amazing look on you. Yo should bring it back into fashion 😀
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Yikes! Noooo…Unless I’m some kind of celebrity, that kind of fashion is going to earn me a lot of ridicule…I’ll leave it all to Maya.
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