I love Maddy. She’s adorable, and she’s nice, and I was having a hell of a time writing her along with everyone else because she was missing her OWN story. I had trouble making a problem for her, but no problems means no growth, which means no story. I can’t just let Maddy be cute and happy and smart and leave it at that. She got a couple quirks at first, but it really just makes her more endearing. There’s so much “Oh, Maddy!” followed by a good chuckle for the reader, but that’s not good enough. Girl was drifting through the story.
So after two months of heavy Tomodachi Forever re-writes, Maddy now has at least one Problem With a Capital P, an endearing quirk, her own sense of style (we’re talking fashion here, guys), her own speech patterns, a medium problem, a hobby, a passion (what she wants to DO in life), and a story. Finally!
I knew you could do it, Maddy. Sorry it took me so long to figure out how to hear you.
Kat, Kat, Kat. I wish you had come to me about this; I would have solved your problem in 3 seconds!
Maddy Jones: Stylish fashion – check. Of course she’s got “it”. She always has!
Adorable, nice, heart of gold – check, check, check.
Story? She’s a superhero at heart. Tomo’s version of Amazi-girl! Student by day, crimebuster by night! (when does she find the time to sleep?)
Her problem? Hiding her alter-ego from the world at large. What if Amanda or that jerk Kieran find out?
What happens when Russian mobsters try to take over the beauty pageant and Maddy has to decide how to stop them without revealing herself to Kate? Tune in, true believers, for all this and more! 😀