Characters

For the last several days, I've been working with my character and scene charts for my Church Doors novels.
Behind Church Doors was published in 2010. Beyond Church Doors was published in 2013. I hope to have the third Church Doors novel published in 2014.
As I review the characters who traveled from the first novel to the second, I have such a sense of familiarity. I can hear the voice of Foster Pace, the wise older Christian man who encourages NikkiMac to leave her old lifestyle and come to church. I can see Cletus transform from a local drunk hustler to a new life in the Lord, not without struggle, but possible with Christ. I hear the laughter of the children as they run and play outside after church services. I sense the darkness under the facade of Darius Muse.
A few new characters talk to me in the second novel. Anna Maria DelGrosso-a new friend to narrator NikkiMac, Lucy Bergamot- the exotic beauty shop owner, Adam Greene-the new assistant minister. So many voices, so many visions of what each character looks like.
Writers' characters come to life. We develop them so precisely that we know what they would or wouldn't say or do. But sometimes, they surprise even us. Well, gotta go, my many characters are clamoring for more attention.
Smiles,
Sylvia
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