What did she "believe in"

Another exercise from the Dramatic Writers Companion - The character's belief system

This is a more spontaneous exercise. For each of the words in bold write something about the character – and perhaps something about your own interpretation of how it affected interaction with the character ... kinda gets to the heart of things ...

money is important but certainly not paramount ... earning it and the status associated with it is more important ... well meeting ones financial obligations are an appropriate acknowledgement of conformity.

children are cherished – grandchildren are specially ... your children will appreciate you more once they have children ... one died so one was adopted ... she wondered what would happen if the adopted daughter was successful in meeting her birth mother ...

church lost its influence – like many of her peers – because it could not compete.. she was nonetheless curious about or perhaps just a little relieved by my Christianity ...

god failed her by letting my father die – so reverend Duffy heard about it first hand in our living room ...

technology was after her time ...

freedom was not an issue ... from what?

sin was too conceptual

sex was something to be enjoyed ... on the floor if necessary ... perhaps there was even some sport in getting him down there ... she helped solve some teenage pregnancies and was always regarded as a practical woman

love... “did/do you love her” was not an unreasonable question ... she learned to love my father after marrying him out of respect ... maybe some opportunism as well ... i know her so much better than him ....

success was the complement of money. like dressing well and not embarrassing people success made it easier to take you out.

family was pretty big ... twin sister was tight ... reunions were fun to have ... the family roots were pioneer late 1800s central ontario canadian shield survivors

marriage was the acceptable thing to do ... but it was also acceptable to not be married ...

politics was something to bitch about ... a scapegoat in many ways ... like the Ethiopian taxi drivers ... the discussion club almost certainly addressed politics on a regular basis – the federal government was a common employer and how did that influence the group think?

violence was far down the street ...

drugs were for the immature ... it was time to grow up ... put on a tidier appearance ... stop embarrassing people ... “nobody else would ....” she did love her cocktails ... Ottawa River sunsets on the porch at 50 Emerson Dr ... wine flowing freely around the living room table ... such a hospitable space for all who entered ...

a woman needed to behave beautifully – a man needed to appreciate a woman including her beauty – thin was beautiful ...

death was coming prematurely and while she could she raged against the unfairness

she has many friends ... some very good ones ... they drifted away as her cognitive challenges increased .. they too had challenges with age ... her funeral was an interesting slice of her social scene ...

failure was less important that not having tried