Here is the question:
Have you ever related or closely connected to a character with whom you had many significant differences?
What I mean is this: if you're a girl, was there ever a boy character you've felt you related to really well? If you're a computer wizard, have you ever felt close to a book character that was technologically challenged? If you're a human, which I'm assuming most of you are, was there an animal in a book you thought you could see yourself - or the version of you that you wanted to be?
If you know what I'm talking about, please leave a response on the blog, or if you'd rather, please email me at darkwoodsbooks@aol.com. This is important to me as I begin work in earnest on book 4, and most likely final, in the Darkwoods series.
No! The 'Darkwoods' story can't end! It has to go on forever and ever and ever and...
ReplyDeleteI can't think of any specific example, but I would say that all it takes to connect to a character is one similarity, especially if it's something that's important to you. Even if everything else is completely different, you really only need that one anchor point to relate to a character.
ReplyDeleteYou could relate to a character who is different from you, but similar to someone you know.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have. I tend to connect more with characters based on their feelings/attitudes/morals than any other aspects. I can connect with characters due to other aspects, but not as often or as well as I connect with them through the previously mentioned types of things.
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