Hi, My Name is Jamie Kissinger

Alright, so I just realized why I was having trouble prodding Jamie through some character development.

She had no clearly established character to begin with. Here I was, having Lampur whine about her and watching her go through some changes, when she never had a chance to get some clear footing in the character world!

So basically, I need more JAMIE. I blame this on having the thing be written in first person POV with the main character NOT as the narrator. Plus, it's making it seem like Lampur is either just as important or more important than Jamie, which is WRONGWRONGWRONG.

I can't go back and add stuff to the first couple of chapters to flesh Jamie out there, which is where she really NEEDS to be fleshed out (I wrote it in a very disjointed way that made it too difficult to continue with, so I jumped ahead to some more interesting events), since NaNoWriMo tells me not to. :P This means that either I have to go back and add it in after I finish (which I will probably do anyway, since she's the MAIN CHARACTER and all), or add it in later in the story, which I guess I will have to do.

So as of right now...I'm doing neither. I made a fresh new document, and decided to write little diary-like blurbs for Jamie Kissinger, in HER voice, focusing on HER thoughts, trying to get HER character down on paper (or, rather, computer). I'm trying to tie it into the plot so I can shove these little character gems into the story later, but hey...it's a start. And, so far, I got 758 words out of 'em that I can tack onto my wordcount in addition to the 200-something I randomly wrote into the actual story. (I'm still ahead in terms of overall wordcount, too, so it doesn't matter that it doesn't add up to 1667.)

So neh.

Jamie, please tell me more about yourself! (I'm just going to give up on Sen for now. I need JAMIE to be more of a person to me! BE MORE REAL, JAMIE, BE MORE REAL!)