I don't mean my career. I mean giving characters careers. How many jobs does a person have in their lifetime? A few, for sure. Service industry ones are common, maybe being a lifeguard, or an intern somewhere, and then you sort of settle in to your field, where maybe you have a few different jobs. So, I'm counting. I've had...nine different fields. Is that a lot? A little? A good portion of them were jobs I did in my youth, not the sort of jobs I'd necessarily give to characters.
There are the standbys, of course. Doctor, lawyer, engineer, teacher, police officer/detective...um, what am I missing?
Those jobs are somewhat easy. I have never done those jobs, but I know what they entail. (Except for the engineer. Dude, what do they do all day?)
Jobs for my characters confound me. I want my characters to have interesting, fulfilling positions that afford them security and opportunity to meet the loves of their lives!
I feel like this shouldn't be that hard, that I should be able to look up a job and imbue a character with it, but yet, I struggle.
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