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Character Hugs!!

4/7/2021

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Hugs used to be a way of life for most of us until COVID came our way. The isolation, masks, social distancing, and staying clear of non-family members stopped all physical hugs cold. For someone who thrived on hugs from her grandchildren, this has been quite challenging. Hugs help your blood pressure, stress, and your emotional health. I wondered how I was going to survive! A hug less COVID could have been the death of me! Oh, NO!!!

Okay, I know way too dramatic! No physical hugs had only one possibility-character hugs. As a writer, I have dozens of characters crisscrossing my mind at any one time. It can get a little crowded in there, so I wondered what if my character friends could help. And, they did!

I found that my more caring characters held me tight in their thoughtful response to the awkward situations I drug them into. My humorous characters made me see the brighter, more laughable, side of a hug less society as they clambered their way through one of my more unusual plot lines. Of course, the saddest ones in my repertoire had their own problems, so I wrapped them words and squeezed the heartache right out of them. What's my point?

Someone once said that "Nothing brightens the day like a hug from a friend," and who has more character friends with them 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, but writers.  So if you need a hug, there is a character waiting for you to put your imagination to work and feel the embrace. 

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