Tell Me About... Marco Diaz
(This was something I wrote in my notebook before bed last night. I wrote it imagining I was giving an interview for, like, a bump between commercials, or to promote the story if it were a show on Disney. Someday Iāll illustrate this with some concept stuff.)
The first thing you need to know about Marco is that heās not very... cool. And to you that might mean dorky - big, gross glasses, pimples, talks with a lisp... but heās not that, either.
Marco is mostly just a stick-in-the-mud. Heās very naturally grounded, and safe, and likes to follow the rules. Heās the kind of person who likes to brag about mundane things. Youāll never get him to go out partying, but heāll tell you about his perfect tooth brushing technique, or his grade on a test.
Marcoās very detail-oriented. He likes things to be neat and tidy, and perfect, which comes out sometimes as an overbearing, sort of, compulsion for neatness.
āWhatās His Drive?ā
Early on you realize that Marco can quickly default to a sort-of āunlikable know-it-allā if he wants, but Marco doesnāt really like it when people see him like that. He likes being āsafeā but hates being the āsafe kid,ā so heās always trying to play āby the rules,ā but also trying to push outside of his comfort zone. To sort of, you know, try new things, and figure out who he is. Thatās part of why heās drawn to Janna, I think, is because Janna pulls him out of that box...
āWho is Janna to Marco?ā
Janna is Marcoās wild side. Marco will overthink things, but Janna will push him to do stuff he normally wouldnāt, without thinking, and so he kinda enjoys hanging out with her. Thereās always something new going on when sheās around.
āIf he likes doing new things, why canāt he talk to Jackie?ā
Heh, I donāt think Iāve ever met a teenager whoās comfortable talking to their crush. Even Janna - well, youāll see.
New chapter within the next 7 days.