characters

[debbie downer]

i'm currently 16. and i feel like i write about this a lot on here, but i'm in love with my characters.

like, i'm really in love with my characters.

i've noticed that a lot of people with MD are really into all the action that happens in their daydreams, always coming up with different situations for their characters to get into and then starting over again. fighting zombies, stranded in the wilderness, going to space...

not me. i've created these characters who are the most interesting people in the world to me. i wish they were my friends in real life. they're what makes daydreaming so addicting to me.

i literally daydream about them doing mundane tasks like cleaning, getting ready in the morning, walking home from school... don't get me wrong, there are a lot of crazy things that happen to them (you would know if you've read my other blog posts) but that's mostly just to get the story going.

my daydream is like one really long novel (or maybe a series of books) because i already know all the major events and how it's going to end. i don't really erase scenarios from it and start over like i know a lot of you do, so most of the daydreaming that i do is filling in what happens in between the major events.

my daydream, in the most brief way i can summarize it, is about a band that becomes famous.

they go on tour. that's a part of it. but what happens on the tour? what happened specifically on the __th day of the tour when they were playing in this city? what was each individual band member doing that morning? afternoon? evening? did they have a hard time falling asleep?

that's the stuff that i daydream about. because for me, it's not the story, it's the characters. it doesn't even matter what they're doing; i think they're the most interesting people ever, and i could probably daydream about one of them brushing their teeth and think it's awesome. i have at least 35 characters that i can think of right now (about 11 are main characters, and i only have 2-3 favorites). each one has a different distinct personality and i know exactly how they would act in any situation. i know their quirks and mannerisms and little details about them that people usually don't even notice or care about in real life.

is anyone else like this?

[ashlee]

dude, we sound the same. the exact same! I do everything you do! MY CHARACTERS ARE IN A BAND !!!!
and theyre the msot interesting people and i want them to be my friends!!! ahhh! LOL.  mines like a long book to!!! 

[Rafael Hernandez]

Woaa thats cool, but for me muy DD are about more simple tasks, but of course ones that i dont do on real life

[debbie downer]

i just wrote down the names of every character i've ever made up (even the ones i've only daydreamed about once or ones that have an extremely small part of the story). i counted 122, and i'm sure i'm missing some.