Excuse Me, Your Personality Slip is Showing
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Nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest effigy and extraction of that living intellect which bred them."
~ John Milton (Areopagitica 1644)
Sometimes I get asked, "How much of yourself is in your books? Are any of the characters you?"
Answers: Everything. All.
Writing a novel is not a sterile environment. The author doesn't gear up in a haz-mat suit or scrub-a-dub in a bleach shower before, during, or after writing. Writers' fingerprints are everywhere in a novel.
Think of one of your favorite books. The author who wrote it is a conglomeration of all the characters (yes, even the antagonist). Wouldn't it be fun to meet that person? I've had several opportunities to meet my favorite authors and yep, I can totally see bits and pieces of their characters in their personalities.
John Milton sure had it right 400 years ago.
Answers: Everything. All.
Writing a novel is not a sterile environment. The author doesn't gear up in a haz-mat suit or scrub-a-dub in a bleach shower before, during, or after writing. Writers' fingerprints are everywhere in a novel.
Think of one of your favorite books. The author who wrote it is a conglomeration of all the characters (yes, even the antagonist). Wouldn't it be fun to meet that person? I've had several opportunities to meet my favorite authors and yep, I can totally see bits and pieces of their characters in their personalities.
John Milton sure had it right 400 years ago.