Coming up with characters isn't hard. But translating folks I know, or folks that know folks, is harder. So Oscar, the velvet-wearing, oddly swanky man described by a friend, becomes Omar, Sheikh of the Chihuahuan Desert, with flowing robes and a headscarf instead of brocaded velvet (a good choice, actually, given the milieu).
Tougher will be some of the other characters. Keeping the name is a kind of key to who they are, and a trigger for me, the author, to feel their actions and emotions more clearly.
Maybe a global cut & paste when I'm finished? {shrugs}
Worry less: write more -- tomorrow!
1 comment:
ohhhh i should see if i have oscars number somewhere so i can tell him he's become a sheikh. he'll be so happy.
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