Letters to Characters in Limbo

NicoleMD · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Dill,

I’m sorry I left you over a year ago, cowering in the sewer right as things were getting interesting. I’ll get back to your story, I will. But things are hectic right now, and I’ve got other characters to attend to. I just wanted you to know that I haven’t forgotten about you.

Sincerely,
Author

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Anyone else have unfinished novels with characters out there just sitting and waiting for your return?
Nicole

JoNightshade · Jun 20, 2007

Dear [Unnamed] -

Please don't shoot me. I promise, I really honestly promise, that I will write your space opera epic someday. And I will try to not make you the evil villainess. I know you have your reasons... I'm still just trying to figure out what they might be, exactly. If you would just consent to an honest, forthright interview, we could get this project moving along a lot more quickly. I know it's difficult for you to open up about your past, but let's face it, you're going to end up old and alone if you don't confide in someone.

Oh, wait. You already did end up old and alone. I suppose that would be my fault.

I'll get back to you on that one.

- Jo.

heyjude · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Julia:

Did the stalker ever get you? Just wondering.

xxoo

Shady Lane · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Orion,

I'm sorry your girlfriend took advantage of you. She was just about to get pregnant, too. Shame.

Deepest sympathies,
hannah

alleycat · Jun 20, 2007

Can we write letters to characters other writers have created?

Dear Tom Sawyer,

Did you and Becky Thatcher ever get it on?

Say hello to Huck.

Higgins · Jun 20, 2007

Hmmmm

NicoleMD said:
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Anyone else have unfinished novels with characters out there just sitting and waiting for your return?
Nicole

Dear Shub,

Funny how I remember you out of that whole doomed entertainment astroid mess. Just be glad you never went to a publisher. They probably would have wanted you out of the story even faster...and with less style. You'll be happy to know that guys like you usually perish off-stage in the current cosmic order. Or maybe not. I mean maybe you're okay with that brief moment of fame. I guess I can always use your name for a less expendible kind of guy, right?

Yours, the Author

Lisamer · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Mariel,

Please don't kill yourself! I have some great things planned for you!

With love,

Your Creator

dobiwon · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Mark,

Bleed slower--it's going to be a few days before I get back to you.

Sincerely,

Mel · Jun 20, 2007

Hi, D,

You can't get too mad, At least I fixed it so you could get dressed. I didn't leave you standing there with nothing but a sheet around you, while a strange man hijacked your ship. R's predicament is quite serious. I know your commitment is important too, but we'll figure out something. I'm sure in the end you'll come to, ahem, love R.

rugcat · Jun 20, 2007

Dear M,

I know you think that this time things might work out, but I'm afraid they wont,

Regrets,

Rugcat

Stew21 · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Eric,

I know I abandoned you, but look on the bright side, there are worse places to be stuck. I only wish someone would leave me in Key West. I know you have to find the girl in the trunk, save Oliver and dump Lisa, and I promise your next scene won't include that mooch, Tim.

I'll be by to get you soon.

Sincerely,

MidnightMuse · Jun 20, 2007

alleycat said:
Can we write letters to characters other writers have created?

Dear Tom Sawyer,

Did you and Becky Thatcher ever get it on?

Say hello to Huck.

Dear Ishmael,

Call me.

Yours,

Stew21 · Jun 20, 2007

alleycat said:
Can we write letters to characters other writers have created?

Dear Tom Sawyer,

Did you and Becky Thatcher ever get it on?

Say hello to Huck.

Dear Elizabeth,

What the hell is Mr. Darcy's FIRST name? Figured you'd know now that you're married.

sincerely,

Shady Lane · Jun 20, 2007

MidnightMuse said:
Dear Ishmael,

Call me.

Yours,

Nick Carraway,

Same to you, boy.

h

Stew21 · Jun 20, 2007

(and to my MC in my first novel)

Dani,

I know I promised you in draft #2 that I would have Richard meet a far worse demise. Truly, my intention was to have him drive into the lake and drown. It's been a few years, and I know you're worried he may be getting out of jail soon. Have no fear, it's not for a sequel. I'll kill him in the next draft, but just so you know, I may have to hurt you a bit in the process. In the meantime, enjoy the lake and have a bloody mary for me.

job · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Claudia --

The good news is you're no longer the villainess and you don't have to fall into the Thames and drown.

The bad news is, you're still a snob twit.

I'll try to find you a scene in the latter half of the manuscript.

Yours,

AnnieColleen · Jun 20, 2007

Dear M,

Look, I know standing back sardonically is probably a defense mechanism for you. And I know characters tend to pick up bad habits from their authors. But I do occasionally have impulsive moments that complicate situations, so could you try maybe imitating that habit instead?

I mean, you've just given up a profitable career to try to resurrect a defunct estate on the edge of the wilderness; you've got two sets of relatives breathing down your neck to see how you do; and you're about to have a slave revolt on your hands. Do you think you could muster up some conflict out of all that? At least get out and start looking for your runaway slave? (I know you won't find him, but I really need you to at least try.)

Sincerely,
your frazzled author

AnnieColleen · Jun 20, 2007

alleycat said:
Can we write letters to characters other writers have created?

Dear Thursday Next,

Any chance you'll be including bookjumping instructions in that sequel? I need to see some folks in the Well of Lost Plots, and this Imaginotransference stuff just isn't cutting it.

Let me know.

ap123 · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Maggie,

I'm sorry I abandoned you. I know the shreds of your life suck, and your defense mechanisms have stopped working. I promise to come back and help you figure out how to move forward.

ap

PS: I hate you because you have the apartment of my dreams, and I am the old woman who lives in a shoe.

mscelina · Jun 20, 2007

Dear priestess who shall remain nameles for the moment:

I know my goal was to turn you from the ultimate good guy into the ultimate bad guy and back in 200k but I got sidetracked somewhere along your chaotic neutral spell. mea culpa...mea maxima culpa. I just want you to know that it's all for the cause.

Celina

WordGypsy · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Emily,

I had total intentions of you dying in the arms of your beloved, and you did. It's just too bad his hands were around your throat. I really didn't see it coming either. Please write back and tell me if you'd like to get real revenge or you're just content to mess with A's head until he has a psychotic break and tries to kill your daughter. After all I've done to you and how many times I've changed your past/future I think you deserve some imput. And I REALLY don't want him to kill her...seriously, she's a great kid! Anyway, let me know soon, because we're getting to the point where all of those "haunting dream" chapters are starting to look the same.

L.

Sorry about the scene with the leeches feeding off you, but you're better than a traditional burial, right?

WordGypsy · Jun 20, 2007

Dear A,

So help me God if you start writing 'All work and no play make Jack a dull boy' over and over again I will kill you off. I don't care how fkucing cliche it is, you ass!

Yours in words,
L.

alleycat · Jun 20, 2007

I know what the next thread is going to be.

A letter that your character sends you . . . maybe some photos.

You people are scaring me.

alleycat · Jun 20, 2007

Stew21 said:
Dear Elizabeth,

What the hell is Mr. Darcy's FIRST name? Figured you'd know now that you're married.

sincerely,

Dear Stew,

The marriage is on the rocks. I've learned that Mr. Darcy's is bi and he's run off to SoHo with Mr. Bruce to be a womens shoe designer.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth

Robert L.B. · Jun 20, 2007

Dear Insert Name,

I apologize for (pick as many as apply) not introducing you into the story yet/killing you off/leaving you hanging/forgetting about your story/killing you off so I don't have to write about you anymore/making you seem like an idiot/making you an actual idiot/
giving you immense powers and then turning you into a kid/taking a few pieces out of you/giving you a fatal disease/having you die in your beloved's arms/turning you into a walking cliche/making you an addict to something/changing your appearance at the drop of a hat/making you angsty/making you unbelievably happy/making you the comic relief/making you the hero/making you the villain/making you the Chosen One and then kill you off in the next paragraph to/say "screw prophecies"/make you an army of one/and not give any of the power to back it up/dropping you in a plot hole/changing your gender/(insert own reason/s).

Running For My Life From Angry Characters,

Author

Letters to Characters in Limbo

Onomatopotamus

has finally arrived

Making my own sunshine

my name is hannah

Still around

Planning to retire for the 5th time

Never be completely back to normal.

Lost in the Fog

Midnight Reading

my name is hannah

In the end, it's just you and the manuscript

Invisible Writer

Invisible Writer

Twitching

Teh doommobile, drivin' rite by you

Still around

Still around

Tao of Wonka