I also like fleshing characters out. In Jenny's case it quickly became apparent she was going to cause her mother significant grief because of the girl's reaction to magic and Eileen's revelation. And Eileen is only too well aware Jenny is the one person who she won't zap. Jenny, like her mother, is quick to take advantage of an opportunity. Anyone else pressurising Eileen would get short shrift. Jenny gets away with it. It willl, I hope, be interesting to see how far Jenny will go in "pushing" her mother.
I love creating characters. I nearly always start out with a trait - in Eileen's case that was being as awkward as possible but also brave, the kind of character that can and do get themselves into trouble on a regular basis. Had Eileen not been awkward, she would not have defected and set in motion the story that forms The Trouble With Mother.
I also like fleshing characters out. In Jenny's case it quickly became apparent she was going to cause her mother significant grief because of the girl's reaction to magic and Eileen's revelation. And Eileen is only too well aware Jenny is the one person who she won't zap. Jenny, like her mother, is quick to take advantage of an opportunity. Anyone else pressurising Eileen would get short shrift. Jenny gets away with it. It willl, I hope, be interesting to see how far Jenny will go in "pushing" her mother.
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AuthorI'm Allison Symes and write fairytales with bite, especially novels and short stories. Archives
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