2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
In Driving Into Forever, my book set in the Myste, I start out with, uh, about 7 core characters and that many minor characters who almost immediately start “disappearing”.
The core characters are all essential to the story. The only one I could even think about cutting is the brother, but he’s the central figure in one of the sequels so he pretty much has to be included in this one. The same goes for the body-guard. What happens to him in this story is the basis of the next story.
I really don’t have a preference when it comes to characters – I like writing about both sexes. Because I write romance, I pretty much have to be able to write about them both.
That being said, in DIF I think I preferred Kelvin (the male MC) to Hannah (the female MC). He was pretty straight-forward to write about, but she gave me no end of trouble – her career changed a few times, and she underwent a real personality make-over. I was starting to get the feeling she didn’t want to be in this story! :-)
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Writing romance doesn't necessitate the ability to write both sexes, since not all relationships involve two sexes. ;) But I understand what you were getting at.
Glad you're participating! I'm enjoying your responses.
Whoops! My bad! I guess I was being politically incorrect, wasn't I? I should really know better especially considering I've been enjoying reading a few same sex romances lately. ;-)
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