Last night, in the doctor’s office of all places, my mother and I had another conversation about fictional characters.
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One of the things I look for in a good story is whether I can connect to the characters or not.
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My Fanmily
I’m an only child. To make up for this, many of my favorite fictional characters (and sometimes my favorite famous people) are like family to me. I used to shy away from this, because I thought if people knew, they would think I was weird. But more recently, I’ve embraced it. I even admitted it in my Children’s Literature class.
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Me in my Writing
In response to How much of me actually goes in the stories?
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Secondhand Embarrassment
Some people think that I don’t get embarrassed easily. In fact, they don’t think I get embarrassed at all. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Reading for Escapism
One day, in one of my English classes this past year, my professor – who just happens to be the head of the English department at Randolph-Macon College – said something like this: “We don’t read for escapism. We read to critique.”
