tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post751071406071086836..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Getting Past What Your Characters Aren'tBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-67624632949425346612014-04-29T07:36:55.613-07:002014-04-29T07:36:55.613-07:00I like to interview my characters, too. And I like...I like to interview my characters, too. And I like to base them on people I know. Dara was based on someone dear to me, but by the time the book was finished, she had become her own person, someone very different from the woman who inspired her. <br /><br />Must check out that podcast, Patti. <br /><br />I loved your interview. Kathleen Popahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682046279211463305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-65464791806127690682014-04-29T06:29:16.341-07:002014-04-29T06:29:16.341-07:00I put my characters in difficult situations and wa...I put my characters in difficult situations and watch them climb out, or deeper in. I don't get to know real people by talking to them. Words can be deceiving. Actions, facial expressions and what they do instead of what they are supposed to do, are truth-revealers. Henrietta Frankenseenoreply@blogger.com