I usually don’t tell y’all which characters I like most because I don’t want to influence how you read them. I want you to form your own opinions before I start telling you mine.
But man… there’s just something about Arya. I genuinely LOVE writing her.
And fun fact: Tae and Lia were actually my favorite characters to write in Famous 99, besides JK and Mylann. Which probably says a lot about me because…
As a writer, there’s something ridiculously fun about writing problematic characters. You get to be so much more unhinged with them. You can make them selfish, toxic, messy, impulsive, morally questionable as hell—and you’re not constantly trying to make them likable.
It’s freeing.
I don’t have to defend their actions. I just have to make them interesting.
So if you ever catch me having way too much fun writing a character who needs therapy, jail, or both…
Mind your business.
I’m having fun.