Jealousy is hilarious! An all around class-clown type. Good to have at bonfires where everyone is drunk and no one makes any sense at all...
In most of my short stories lately, I've been exploring personification as literary concept. I've written entire pieces where the main character is an abstraction given human qualities. Reason, Passion, Rage... All have become characters in my arsenal.
For a short story, this works fine. Short pieces are esentially character-driven, and it isn't necessary to beef them up with 'history.' Life experiences, childhood environments, etc.. I don't think there's quite enough meat, however, for anything longer than a short story. I guess I just don't know how I would give an abstraction such as Jealousy a background solid enough to create something with any length.
This makes me sort of creatively depressed. I'm having fun playing with these 'characters.' I'd like to give them a story of substance to show my appreciation, but I don't think I can manage it...
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My take on it...
A good improvisor jumps into a scene a makes a choice. Any choice. Does something, anything! The improvisor also has a backstory. That backstory is what you can fall back on to help move the scene forward... And the thing that's great -- it doesn't matter what it is. Just as long as it's something.
My point: make a choice. Don't self-edit. Get it on paper and play.
Looking forward to your call.
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