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๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?

  • 03 June, 2023
  • Jamie Davis

I spend a ton of time thinking about that question. Itโ€™s an occupational hazard since I spend so much time pretending to be someone Iโ€™m not. Writing fiction is basically playing pretend as an adult...alone...now it's starting to sound sad. ๐Ÿ˜‚

But it's not! It's challenging, fascinating, and the perfect excuse to spend lots of time thinking about questions like...W๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?

I read a lot of memoirs, and I interview people, and I try to put myself in their shoes.

When Iโ€™m figuring out a character, I donโ€™t look in the mirror at them, I look down at their feet. I need to figure out where they stand. What they care aboutโ€”not their reflection, but their truth. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

When I look at where Sydney Rye stands, I see she canโ€™t help but exact justice with a vengeance. It is the essence of her nature. Love and anger drive Sydney. Love for the underdog and anger at anyone who uses their power to oppress rather than uplift.

๐™Ž๐™ฎ๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ฎ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™– ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™šโ€”๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ž๐™š ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™–๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ช๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค.

Want to stand in her shoes?

๐Ÿ“š ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€.
emilykimelman.com/SR18

๐Ÿ“š ๐—”๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿดโ€ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐Ÿต-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:
emilykimelman.com/SR912

๐Ÿ“š ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ:
emilykimelman.com/SR1315

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐— ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ:
emilykimelman.com/RL

๐Ÿ“— ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:
emilykimelman.com/JT

Take some time to think about why you believe what you do...

Happy Reading,

Emily

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