Preptober Prompt: Character at Three Points in the Story (Karen)

I decided to go ahead and look at Karen at three points in the story.

Karen is the antagonist of the story.  I’ve never really written an antagonist in my novels.  Most of my stories don’t require one.  But, for this story, as I’ve been prepping this month, the need for one has developed.

Karen doesn’t like Tammy from the beginning.  She feels that Tammy is a third wheel so to speak.  Because Tammy comes in with a positive attitude and wanting to do more than just sit around and talk, Karen resents her.  It’s kind of like… she just doesn’t like her and there’s no real valid reason.

Karen often challenges Tammy, simply because she doesn’t like her.  There are two occasions where the conflict is very serious and could cause severe problems.

In the end, Karen winds up being hateful and vindictive to all the ladies, especially Tammy.

View Tammy’s Three Points in the Story here… https://dboonenanonovels.blogspot.com/2019/10/preptober-prompt-character-at-three.html

Preptober Prompt: Character at Three Points in the Story

I want to look at Tammy at three points of the story.  At first, I thought about writing this about Karen because I need to work on creating a meaningful antagonist, but I really want to focus on Tammy.

Tammy is the protagonist of the story.  Tammy is a fun-loving person.  She moves to Collier City because of her job.  She begins to attend the church her cousin pastors.  She’s lonely and needs to meet some friends.  She ends up meeting Mary, Helen, Karen, and Angela, who have a friendship someone set up already, but because of her personality, she’s able to fit right in with the group.  The friendship starts out fun, but begins to deteriorate once the gossip goes towards gossiping more and more.

Tammy begins to realize she gossips too much when some gossip that was shared in the group gets back to her from an unlikely source at her church.  She doesn’t know the person who tells her the gossip, so she tries to figure out how it got around and how it got back to her.  This is a pivotal moment for her in the story.

Tammy changes at the end of the story, but she still experiences the pain of gossiping.

Still Reading (Trying to Get Back in the Mood)

I read again today.  I worked a little more on Preptober.  I printed out some items for the novel.  Pictures are so pretty in color.

Feeling much better as it relates to the shooting.

I’m getting back excited about the story.  Hoping to finish the Klaassen book by tomorrow.

Let’s Get It! Let’s GO!