Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I throw myself across the chasm of full adulthood to relive that period? I guess I don’t, really. Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.
Age is not so much a feature of your character, as the spot where you stand for a pretty fleeting time on the arc of your life.
Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.
