Finally...a beginning!

I'm so very pleased to announce that I have, much sooner than I thought, jotted something down that is actually usuable!

Last time I wrote (only yesterday, wow!), I said tht I'd begun keeping a dream journal hoping for some ideas and inspirations. Well, one of the first nights that I started this, I had a dream, and in it was a man. I don't know who he is, I've never seen him before in my life, and I don't remember even what he was doing in my dream. But he was there. And he's been more or less stuck in my head since I woke up that next morning.

I just haven't been able to shake this feeling that this guy is supposed to MEAN something to me; his image is still so incredibly vivid! So...

HELLO MAIN CHARACTER!!!!!

Super exciting! I can't even begin to explain it! I spent an entire class today jotting down notes for a Character Sketch for this all-important mystery man.

(character sketch: Background information about a character that may or may not be important to the story. Making a character sketch allows the writer to really feel that they "know" their characters.)

So for this entire class I wrote down things about this man's personality, what life was like when he was a child, what his home looks like, the clothing he wears, hobbies or quirks, the list really goes on and on. Writing about him then helped me to develop another character--the "leading lady" of sorts. So now I'm developing two characters!!!

I'm gonna save the details until I know these people better, but I'll tell a bit about them now...

The main character is the sort of man that every woman loves to love and loves to hate. He is the very essence of 'handsome' and perfect on paper, but somewhere along the line became emotionally damaged and jaded. Women are more of a hobby, something to fill the empty spaces but provide no real satisfaction.

The leading lady is incredibly intelligent, always up for a challenge, a think-outside-the-box kinda gal. She's incredibly beautiful, but not in the typical super-model way. She doesn't play hard-to-get, she just IS hard-to-get. She's not shy and definitely not afraid to say what's on her mind.

This is just the beginning, there are soooo many details to figure out! The best part of this stage is that I get to just completely make these people up out of thin air. They can be any way I want them to be--there's really no right or wrong!

Let me just say...I don't intend for this to be some sort of mushy romance novel (or a trashy romance novel) but it will be interesting to see how far the characters can take some sort of romance, or if it even happens.