I've been thinking about joining NaNoWriMo 2010 for awhile now, so what exactly was it that prompted me to take the leap yesterday? A revelation. I'd forgotten the joy of learning something new about a character. It isn't a process of creation, but a meeting of two people when I think of my characters. I don't create them; they already exist. My subconscious is simply learning about them. Together they shake hands, sit down over a cup of coffee or soda or a cocktail (it depends who I'm talking to) and get to know one another. Sometimes I think I know certain characters rather well, so the joy of learning something new about them is an incredible rush of adrenaline. A surge of renewing energy. It reminds me they're still there, sitting quietly in the shadows, waiting for their story to be told.
There has always been a glitch in one of the main characters of this story. She's been running through my imagination for 9 years, but somehow certain traits of her character never seemed to be realistic. At first I thought maybe I was too young when we first met, and I was only paying attention to the key elements of the story while overlooking the all-important underlying details. But as I learned more about the other characters, she stayed the same, unchanging. Until yesterday. It finally all makes sense.
So...does anybody know of any good resources on schizophrenia?
Yours Truly,
Mrs. C
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Normally, the ICD is a good starting point; it's a big medical index for most diseases.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree about developing characters...they do exist within us somehow.
-French Bean
Yay! I signed up this year for the first time and can't wait to get started. My mind is already working overtime to figure out what I want to write about.
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