Well, I have a story... about suicide. It needs to go somewhere. There were only five characters, and they were supposed to last me through the story. They didn't. It was suggested I added another character, and I'd love to hear more suggestions on this.
The narrator--younger sister to the person who commits suicide--Hope, is sent to live with her grandmother, so her grandmother can take care of her. It's more the other way around.
The grandmother is supposed to be rather old-fashioned and strict one moment, and the next calling her her dead sister's name and ranting happily about the good ol' days. The main problem besides getting the grandmother's character sorted out, (suggestions on this would be good) is, I keep imagining how I'd react to the grandmother's actions, but I keep forgetting how Hope would act.
Also, the grandmother is likely to yell at her one moment, and the next ask her why she's so upset, and so on.
Hope is a very angry, slightly depressed fourteen year old girl. She would want to respect her grandmother, but would be fed up with her at the same time. I can tell she'd be angry and upset by being called her older (and sometimes even younger) sister all the time. Any thoughts, or questions?
((Think I'll add an explanation on why only slightly. Hope is much more angry than depressed. There really is no room for feeling sad. Hope decided she couldn't be upset after the older sister committed suicide, and so she let her family lean on her, which in turn led to her resenting them for being so pathetic.))
