![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh, sure, at six feet tall, I was teased just like the kid with the sticky out ears, the girl with the super thick glasses, and the boy who was so skinny he looked like he was made of string. I didn’t have much of a frame of reference for this because I was pretty lucky in school in that I can’t remember being bullied. But why? Why would someone go out of their way to make another person so miserable? Cassidy nicknamed her “Melephant” and did everything she could to torture Mel about her weight, her looks, and her shyness. At least, I hope not.Ĭassidy Havers and Dwight Pickard were the two students most responsible for Mel’s misery in high school. What made them so vicious and mean? This is Character Development 101 – figure out your character’s motivations because no one is a jerk for no reason. When I started writing Dying for Devil’s Food and I knew Melanie Cooper was going to be confronted with the opportunity to face down her old nemeses, I had to think for the first time about why her school tormentors were they way they were. ![]()
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