Recently, a member of one of my writing groups [I belong to two], plus a family member who is reviewing my chapters, mentioned difficulties with one of my characters. I take all critiques to heart, firmly believing that if someone finds an element disturbing enough to mention, there must be something there that needs to be fixed.
My difficulty stems from my own enchantment with this particular character–I don’t want to tell you which one and ruin it for you–so I am letting my subconscience fester on this character’s origin and purpose within my story. Hopefully, I will wake up one morning soon and the answer lightbulb will be burning brightly above my head.
To help me through this writer’ block, I am attending a seminar in Weymouth this evening about building characters. Sometime during the evening, I will venture to ask if anyone in the room has ever written a character similar to mine and if there are any suggestions to deal with the conflicts.
Over the weekend, I ordered a book from Amazon that delves into this type of character, and am hoping I find an answer there. The book is supposed to arrive in my mailbox this week.
My fingers are crossed that I can resolve this character problem quickly … changes will effect many other scenes throughout.
Debi Graham-Leard 
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