Explanation to questions I’ve asked below: I’m working on a series of novels, in the 3rd book one of my main characters falls in love with a married man. His marriage is on the rocks, but he’s still married. I have no experience in this department, so I’m hoping to get responses that would aid in my research. My questions are not about judging people, they’re about finding out what people think. Yes, the questions are a bit blunt, and may go against your beliefs but in my writing, I like to be as realistic as possible. Your responses will help that be reality. You may know someone who was in this situation. I don’t want names! I just want your take on the specific questions. More than a one word response would be greatly appreciated. You can answer them here or go to http://www.facebook.com/keleger. I will be posting more questions in the coming months on facebook, so if you’re interested in helping me with my research, please go there. Thanks, k
1. If you had the chance to do something that you strongly desired to do, without thinking about the repercussions, would you do it?
2. Does size matter (referring to the privates of a man) PLEASE, keep it clean?
3. What in the hell is “on-line” dating?!!!!
4. Had dinner with a bunch of twenty- somethings, and wondered while I shot the BS with them, what happens to the forty-somethings? We use to be that…and then??? What changes us? Marriage? Children? or it is just not being free and screwing around? Do we just get boring or do we just get bored, and what happens when we get bored? To further my curiosity, why are forty-somethings not welling to admit their bored, or even to talk about it? We were the twenty-somethings. We were free and we screwed around. So what happened? Why the hypocrisy? You either can admit it and do something about it or you covet it and live stale.
You might think in terms of situations. For instance: Your protagonist finds herself in an unfortunate situation where there is a threatener and a rescuer or you might have a situation where there is a persecutor, a suppliant with someone with authority whose decision is doubtful. Work with emotions that bend and twist into a surpising end. I would have to know more about your protagonist and his/her charactor traits. Is it your intent to create drama or comedy?
Dan, not quite sure if I follow what you are saying. My protagonist is a musician, pretty famous one. She’s always gotten her way. The guy in question, is a southern boy who fishes, hunts (one of us). They are both in their forties. They both didn’t intend to feel what they do. It just happened. She’s not married but has gone through intense relationships. She comes from the first and second novel. In this third novel, my intention was for her to find that true love. Then he came along. He has been married for 18+ years, his children are grown. There’s distance between him and his wife. His wife doesn’t spark that special something in him anymore. The two meet, not by chance. She is the man’s cousin’s (my main character) friend and they are both part of a wedding party. So, I can feel what she feels. I would like to get a better take on his situation.