I was just thinking about a few of the comments about Candace in the Catpin Chronicles story. One of my favorite things about writing these is creating characters that are interesting to me. I usually create a pretty in depth backstory and everything for them and then try to make them act accordingly during their story.
When I did the original chapter with her in it, I was just developing that technique and I didn't really go too far with her and was more interested in doing a chapter where I got wrecked by much better fighter. As I wrote it, her character kind of came together in my mind and by the end I found her pretty damn interesting. Enough so, that I ended up thinking through quite a bit of her "story" when I was just musing around.
Eventually, I wanted to share some of that with everyone and, not to mention, when I do a chapter through the other person's eyes, I feel like I really get to know them better anyway.
The more I played around with Candace's pov, the more I could feel what motivates and drives her when I paired it with her backstory (which few if any of the readers know... I don't always put much of those in the stories unless it's necessary. As I said, they are more for helping me to make the characters behave consistently). She definitely has a lot going on and has been up to quite a few different things since she beat me. I do have some more plans for her in future chapters.
Also, if there's ever any of my original characters that you find interesting, feel free to discuss them, sometimes that's what gets me to go further into them than I originally planned.
Thanks for reading and the kind words.
Hugs and scratches,
Kelli
