Oh my gosh, we're snowed in again. AGAIN! This never happens. Ever. For example, last year, it snowed maybe twice. I live in a wimpy district that'll close school before it even starts snowing. We got one two hour delay and one snow day. On the snow day, all the snow was melted by noon. But this year, we got a whopping 54.9 inches of snow this winter; thanks to two blizzards. The earliest I'll be going back to school on monday. And I haven't been to school since last thursday. Wow.
I guess I should be doing productive things with my time. (*cough, cough* writing) I haven't even finished the homework that was due last friday! hahaha. However, I have been finally getting through The Catcher in the Rye. J.D. Salinger (the author) died not too long ago. I still don't know quite why the novel is titled "The Catcher in the Rye" because it has nothing to do with catchers of any sort and I'm more than halfway through. Anyways, I've been tackling this great long list of classic literature, and figured I might as well get through this one. It's mildly entertaining. What I love is the main character's personality. He doesn't like phonies. He's very frank with everyone. And he notices those little habits about people that make a person annoying, or cute, or whatever they happen to be. There's not much of a plot. Yet, the book has managed to keep my interest.
Which reminds me-- good stories are really about characters, aren't they? They don't need extraodinary things to happen to them. They don't need lucky coincidences and perfect entrances to make you want to keep turning the page. Because face it, you'll follow a character you love (or love to hate) anywhere, whether that's to the top of Mount Everest or just back and forth to work everyday. Keep that in mind when you write. Make your story about the character, and not about the things that happen to them.
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