Miss Anne is a character I came up with around last October or November in my decaying studio apartment. I have around 5 female characters that float around, sometimes I try to combine some of their quirks or mingle them in one story. Just trying to bring them fully to life, but they’re all so complicated. I really like Miss Anne, though. I could never put Miss Anne in a story with the other girls I have, but it’s almost like Miss Anne is either totally in all the people I’ve drawn or entirely absent. I think the main reason is because Miss Anne definitely belongs in an Historic time of progress and turmoil and my other characters are modern, leaning towards fantasy and future.
Right now, Miss Anne lives in 1941 United States. She’s a mid twenties single woman, struggling to define her mind and inevitably her place in existence while battling social anxiety and borderline lethargy. Anne Allen, but always called Miss Anne. Even strangers refer to her as Miss Anne and it can only be contributed to her demeanor. Anne has a college degree in [ ] that she received in her home state of South Carolina. Anne moved to New Orleans just before her senior year at the Women’s College and finished her degree by writing a petition to the president that her education and career would be undeniably better if she was permitted to study under a well-to-do book publisher and travelling lecturer in the arts. Anne was permitted and she finished her last studies by mailing in type-written essays every week for 8 months. Anne continued under the studies of Mr. Michaels for 6 months after, then spent a short time working in a book store and as she explains “taking time to relax and learn herself before she could be capable of affecting others and society.”
Miss Anne is beautiful, witty and can be very warm to be around. In 1941, she’s closer to a cold person to be around. She lives in Chicago and works at a card hall at night. During the day she attempts to keep herself sane and working on her writing as Mr. Michael taught her. At the end of 1941, Miss Anne feels comfortable with herself and goes home to see her family in South Carolina for Christmas. When she returns to Chicago she feels alone and lost until she develops a women’s writing club. In April she meets a kind man named Stephen at her card hall. He’s in town for a [medical] conference but he takes Anne out twice before he leaves town. Anne and Stephen fall in love and continue writing each other when Stephen returns to St. Louis. Stephen leaves for war/African excursion and never sees Anne again, but the triumphs she reeps from the short time he loved her and allowed her to forgive herself lasts in Anne.
I am Anne, in a much less poetic sequence. But in bringing love to Anne’s self I think I may find the keyhole for respecting my operant conditioning.
Next challenge, develop Anne’s family and friends and give Anne one amazing day.
a poorly written essay on operant conditioning 
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