My character (work-in-progress character, not me!) has to change from a sort of wild child/tomboy to a young Regency lady and I am pondering how best to do that.
I need to show her emotional and psychological changes and ensure the readers sees how she reacts differently to her new world.
Describing her thoughts could get boring unless I also manage to show how she sets about getting what she needs or wants. There should be a chain that connects how she begins to where she realises something she didn't know before or reaches a point where she does something she wouldn't have done before. If I can include some physical activity while she thinks, that would be good.
She should change in appearance as well as behaviour and I must remember it won’t happen overnight. She could be retrospective at one point, in which she would point up the change she is undergoing.
Her character's voice could be really strong in this sort of piece. If she does one thing and the reader would most likely choose another way of doing it, then Lizzy should begin to feel real to the reader
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