[Jane Maree]

@anne_the_noob14 I’m on episode 5 and I loove iiiiitt.

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[Jane Maree]

@anne_the_noob14 Awww, Livi, this is the sweetest!! 💛💛

I’ve been pretty busy recently (and thus silent in Meraki, oops 😬🙈) but it’s all been so good. I’ve got some betas going through my novel, I’m starting to write my proposal this week, I’m teaching a bunch of music lessons…and other things that I’m somehow finding time for as well! It’s a lot of fun though.

 

Also, loving your signature!! 😂

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[Jane Maree]

Ooh, loving these ideas!

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[Jane Maree]

I can probably jump in and help! 😊

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[Jane Maree]

@katthewriter Nooooooooo! 😭💔

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[Jane Maree]

@selah-chelyah Yess!!

Yes, I did actually get some writing done! Around 6k. 😀

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[Jane Maree]

MEERKATS!!!! We won the war!!

@esther-sears

@parker

@caleb-e-king

@jessi-rae

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@selah-chelyah

@thewirelessblade

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@NicoleG

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@elizabeth

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@ashira

@moonlighting-novelist

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

@sam-m

@pensword

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[Jane Maree]

Submit thy word counts!!

@esther-sears

@parker

@caleb-e-king

@jessi-rae

@theswordinthebook

@selah-chelyah

@thewirelessblade

@fctait

@professorsjb

@katthewriter

@lightning-spider

@skye

@mairin-atha

@e-b-raulands

@jillifish

@dakota

@brooka3

@scarletimmortalized

@joseph_darkgrate

@NicoleG

@theinconceivable1

@elizabeth

@ellen-blanc

@ashira

@moonlighting-novelist

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

@sam-m

@pensword

 

And Parimi Alca just in case too!

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[Jane Maree]

I doubt I’ll get many words down this month, as it’s going to be pretty full on. 🙈

Summoning the Meerkats!!

@esther-sears

@parker

@caleb-e-king

@jessi-rae

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@selah-chelyah

@thewirelessblade

@fctait

@professorsjb

@katthewriter

@lightning-spider

@skye

@mairin-atha

@e-b-raulands

@jillifish

@dakota

@brooka3

@scarletimmortalized

@joseph_darkgrate

@NicoleG

@theinconceivable1

@elizabeth

@ellen-blanc

@ashira

@moonlighting-novelist

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

@sam-m

@pensword

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[Jane Maree]

@r-m-archer @ladyjoy

I too normally have characters begging for attention before I have a plot for them. 😛

That said, I echo most of what Ariel said above. Take a look at your plot: who is it it going to impact the most? Who would be likely to do something out of the ordinary? Is it a ‘nobody’ who wants to become a somebody? Is it a leader figure who steps up to try take charge, only to meet with unexpected opposition? Do you want your MC to be a girl or a boy? Rich or poor?

Sometimes, you could even make a villain for your story before the protagonist, then craft your main characters based off who has something the villain would do anything to get.

 

My main advice would be to look at your story and try all the different options mentally. Craft a really loose character concept (e.g. a farmer’s son, a princess, a scribe, etc) and mentally see how they would fit as the lead character. If they don’t work, move on to the next idea. And keep going until you find a match!

Hope that helps. 😀

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[Jane Maree]

Do I see the Meerkats in second place??? 😍

@esther-sears

@parker

@caleb-e-king

@jessi-rae

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@selah-chelyah

@thewirelessblade

@fctait

@professorsjb

@katthewriter

@lightning-spider

@skye

@mairin-atha

@e-b-raulands

@jillifish

@dakota

@brooka3

@scarletimmortalized

@joseph_darkgrate

@NicoleG

@theinconceivable1

@elizabeth

@ellen-blanc

@ashira

@moonlighting-novelist

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

@sam-m

@pensword

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[Jane Maree]

@selah-chelyah Thank you! 😀

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[Jane Maree]

@esther-sears

@parker

@caleb-e-king

@jessi-rae

@theswordinthebook

@selah-chelyah

@thewirelessblade

@fctait

@professorsjb

@katthewriter

@lightning-spider

@skye

@mairin-atha

@e-b-raulands

@jillifish

@dakota

@brooka3

@scarletimmortalized

@joseph_darkgrate

@NicoleG

@theinconceivable1

@elizabeth

@ellen-blanc

@ashira

@moonlighting-novelist

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

@sam-m

@pensword

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[Jane Maree]

@wisdomofprose Yay, glad to help! I’m looking forward to seeing any articles from you in future! 😏

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[Jane Maree]

@nicoleg The deadline is the end of the week. 😀

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