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Nostalgia and the Writer
Sorry for the late post, I got caught up in Christmas preparations!
As I did so, I thought about many happy memories of Christmases past. And I know someday, I will incorperate them into the stories I tell, as well as other memories I have of my life.
How much of your own lives do y’all put into your work?
In my WIP right now, I have borrowed a couple of things from my own life, personality to give to my heroine-Tess. Tess does needlepoint…I cross stitch! Tess is a devote to going to church, and prays often. I do this, though not as much as I should.
December 20th, 2005 at 10:23 amI generally don’t put much of my own life into my manuscripts, but somethings I give my characters little traits that remind me of myself or people I know.
I have used a couple of situations of things that have happened to me in my manuscript, but it’s not a regular occurance.
For Christmas, since I write Regency I don’t imagine I’ll ever incorporate that into my manuscripts *lol* (It wasn’t very much celebrated back then.)
December 20th, 2005 at 2:15 pmI’m planning on doing a small scene with a medieval Christmas, with a special gift given to the Heroine from the Hero on Christmas Eve, since Christmas day, especially in medieval times, was a religious holiday.
December 21st, 2005 at 2:27 pm