Have you ever felt like the well of new characters has run dry? Try refreshing it by riding public transportation!
January 23, 2010 | Filed in: Characters

In the last few months I have been without a running vehicleand I have been forced to take public transportation. At first I grumbled and groaned especially on snowy days but I have recently realized the treasure trove of new characters that ride the bus and train with me every day.  I know this seems like a desperate attempt for fresh creativity but I have never met more interesting people than I have while taking my daily commute.  Case in point, yesterday I met a snaggletoothed woman that was obsessing over a womans yellow dress. Over and over she would say how pretty it was and how she wished she had a yellow dress and how cute it would look on her.  Some people would consider this woman to be crazy and feel sorry for her, but I immediately started to create her back story about the yellow dress.  She quickly became a believeable and very real character…because she was real and I was witness to her.  I have decided that if I am going to be a serious writer that I would take each inspiration no matter how small or bizzare it may seem at the time.

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Emily Sage "A dangerous woman can do anything because she will do anything. A powerful woman will do the unthinkable because the unthinkable belongs to her. Everything belongs to her and anything is possible." Agnes Whistling Elk
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