March 2018: Runaway Characters
~ Cecily Wolfe ~
CTR asked:
How do you handle characters who change personality without your say so? Or, how do you handle characters whose spontaneous actions change the plot or course of the story?
Cecily Wolfe said:
Sarah, the younger sister in my Cliff Walk Courtship series, is 18 but wow, she pretty much acted like a 12 year old throughout book two. She and her older sister Catherine are on the periphery of book one (Throne of Grace) as the story focuses on their older brother, but book two is supposed to be about Catherine, and Sarah’s attitude and behavior steal the show sometimes.
She just got out of hand. When I write, I just let it come out as the story will, and the characters do change and shape the story as they do. As much as I might plot and plan and think I know what is coming, it never happens the way I expect it to. Unfortunately, Sarah’s story, which will be the focus of book three (Treasure of Hope, to release October 2018), will bring an abrupt end to her self-absorption as tragedy strikes, but she will become stronger for it? My plan for how her story will unravel has already taken some twists and turns as I finish it, and I’m excited to share it with my readers.
– Website – http://www.cecilywolfe.com
– Twitter – @ceciwolfe
Crown of Beauty (Cliff Walk Courtships, Book Two)
[Historical Christian Romance]
Catherine has everything she needs and all of what she wants. Or does she? Raised in opulence in New York City and the beautiful shores of Newport, Rhode Island, she has never wanted for anything, but when her parents begin to pressure her about marriage, she insists that she doesn’t want one arranged for her. She would much rather stay home and read than socialize or, worse, select a husband who might not approve of her reading habit. Her father insists that she spend time helping at her brother’s homeless shelter to understand how privileged she is, and her wariness of love and marriage is tempered when a mysterious young man with intense blue eyes is brought, cold and wet, to the shelter doorstep one night. Will wakes up in a strange room with vague memories of being caught in a thunderstorm as he began to search for shelter for the night after making his way to Newport from New York City. A beautiful girl sits beside him, but she leaves his care to another in what he assumes is shyness. The shelter offers assistance in ways he could only dream of, and as he searches for work and a home of his own, he finds himself drawn to the girl who ran from him when he first woke up. The two are drawn to each other, sneaking glances in spite of her brother’s disapproval, but Will’s secrets will test the love that grows between them. Book two of the Cliff Walk Courtships series features Arthur’s sister Catherine in her own discovery of faith, love, and hope against the backdrop of gorgeous turn of the century Newport, Rhode Island.
Available in Ebook & Print:
– Kindle – https://www.amazon.com/Crown-Beauty-Cliff-Walk-Courtships-ebook/dp/B075J6SVY9/
– Nook – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crown-of-beauty-cecily-wolfe/1127274503?type=eBook
– Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/ebook/crown-of-beauty
– iBooks – https://geo.itunes.apple.com/book/crown-of-beauty/id1299800030
– Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/753700
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