Monday: Mothers
1. Is your character's mother alive, or deceased? If alive, what kind of health / shape is she in? If not, how did she die? Naomi's mother, Gail, died of the Avandian Flu when Naomi was just six.
2. Was she married, or a single parent? A young or older woman when she gave birth to your character? How many children does she have? Gail was married to Naomi's father, Karl, but she was pregnant with Naomi when they married. Gail was just out of high school when she married and she only had one other child, Adanna, Naomi's little sister.
3. What sort of mother was she to your character when they were small? How did the relationship change as your char grew up? Gail was a very loving mother who's life was her children. Naomi's family traveled a lot and so Gail never got a job or had many friends, and her family abandoned her when she got pregnant. As a result Naomi was very close to her mother. (They're relationship didn't change as Naomi grew 'cause Gail died.)
4. Was there ever / could there ever be a time when your character and mom were more like friends than parent and child? Gail was always Naomi's more Naomi's best friend than her mother. Because of how often they moved and how young Gail was.
5. If your character has children (or plans to), how did their mother's parenting style influence the character's own? (can be positive or negative influence) Naomi never plans to have children because of her military career. She doesn't want to leave a child to grow up without her parents like she had to. Nor does she wish to give up her career.
6. Did mom have any sayings, quirks, or rules that still influence the character's thoughts or behavior? (you'll put your eye out with that crossbow!, don't wear white before labor day, etc.) Gail always said "Live life now, because you don't know if there will be a tomorrow." It influenced Naomi a lot because when Gail died Naomi blamed the way she lived on the edge and refuses to make the same mistakes
7. What role (if any) does your character's mother play in his or her story? Beyond the influence she had on Naomi's personality Gail doesn't really have any role at all.
8. Does your relationship with your own mother influence how you write your character's relationship with his or her mother? Why or why not? I really don't know. I have never thought about it. I guess it kind of does. I have always wanted a mother who cares less about her image and more about me and that is exactly what most of all my character's mother's are like.
2. Was she married, or a single parent? A young or older woman when she gave birth to your character? How many children does she have? Gail was married to Naomi's father, Karl, but she was pregnant with Naomi when they married. Gail was just out of high school when she married and she only had one other child, Adanna, Naomi's little sister.
3. What sort of mother was she to your character when they were small? How did the relationship change as your char grew up? Gail was a very loving mother who's life was her children. Naomi's family traveled a lot and so Gail never got a job or had many friends, and her family abandoned her when she got pregnant. As a result Naomi was very close to her mother. (They're relationship didn't change as Naomi grew 'cause Gail died.)
4. Was there ever / could there ever be a time when your character and mom were more like friends than parent and child? Gail was always Naomi's more Naomi's best friend than her mother. Because of how often they moved and how young Gail was.
5. If your character has children (or plans to), how did their mother's parenting style influence the character's own? (can be positive or negative influence) Naomi never plans to have children because of her military career. She doesn't want to leave a child to grow up without her parents like she had to. Nor does she wish to give up her career.
6. Did mom have any sayings, quirks, or rules that still influence the character's thoughts or behavior? (you'll put your eye out with that crossbow!, don't wear white before labor day, etc.) Gail always said "Live life now, because you don't know if there will be a tomorrow." It influenced Naomi a lot because when Gail died Naomi blamed the way she lived on the edge and refuses to make the same mistakes
7. What role (if any) does your character's mother play in his or her story? Beyond the influence she had on Naomi's personality Gail doesn't really have any role at all.
8. Does your relationship with your own mother influence how you write your character's relationship with his or her mother? Why or why not? I really don't know. I have never thought about it. I guess it kind of does. I have always wanted a mother who cares less about her image and more about me and that is exactly what most of all my character's mother's are like.