I am almost loathe to do this because
![[info]](http://www.backup.susantaylorbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/userinfo1.gif){kind=small}
does it so well but since I am giving her full credit for the idea, I hope she won’t mind me copying her idea. It’s the most writing I am able to manage of late.
Dear Main Character in my current WIP,
Why in the world would you make that kind of a deal with your dad? It doesn’t make any sense to me that you would agree to stop doing what you love doing more than anything else unless you were forced into it. What happened? Why won’t you tell me? Keeping it a secret from me isn’t going to help you one bit. If you don’t tell me soon I’ll be forced to go back to the plant book and let you stew on your own. Either that or I’ll let the girl fly instead. What do you think about that? Humph!
With the deepest frustration,
me
Dear Main Character in the plant book that I am not supposed to be working on at all,
I can’t set an entire novel in your backyard, no matter who’s buried there. Do something, will you please?
Plotlessly yours,
me
Dear Max,
They’ll find you. They always do. I’m sorry.
Worriedly,
me
I loved reading your tag line after reading this post! “There are so many stories that only you can tell.” Maybe you should add “along with some help from your main characters”!
Hope somebody starts talking to you soon. Love this idea of writing notes directly to your mc. Cool! (And yes, I saw your acknowledgement that it wasn’t your original idea:>)
I figure anything that gets some words down is a good thing so I am grateful to Janni for the idea.
I need to email you about something later, copying from you too, I hope. 🙂
Your notes sound very intriguing, especially to the one to Max: “They’ll find you. They always do. I’m sorry.” Yow! That got my attention. I want to read that one right now! Tell Max I said so. 🙂
Thanks! Max has always had the most interesting things to say and yet I have NO idea what his story is about. Well only a little bit. I need to spend time with him.
Dear Main Character in Susan’s current WIP:
Please cooperate with Susan!!! I want her to write your book because I want to read it! Thank you!
Sincerely,
a fan
Dear Fan,
Hope you feel the same way after reading the one page you’re going to get.
The author
What the others said…
what an intriguing idea. Thanks for passing it on!
Re: What the others said…
Isn’t it though? It gets me thinking about them from a different direction which is always good.
I love it when I see other folks talking to their characters, actually. 🙂
Thanks for the great idea, Janni! It may be the only blogging I do for a while but if it gets words down, it’s good.
Great questions. And you know they’re going to take you somewhere, because there’s conflict in every one of them.
I hope the answers come soon!