{"id":4073,"date":"2018-02-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T19:00:38","slug":"so-your-character-is-from-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States … Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/span>
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n


<\/span> It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a crash course on how to write a character from these different places on our planet. If you haven’t checked out last week’s  So Your Character is from the United Arab Emirates … be sure to hop on over there and give it a read!<\/span>
\n
<\/span> I’ve only been to the west coast during a layover in San Francisco, so I’m so happy to here what Tatiana has to say about this part of the country!<\/span>
\n
<\/span> Disclaimer: The content below may be culturally shocking to some. Each of these posts is as uncensored as possible to preserve the authenticity of the cultures of each of the interviewees.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> (None of the Images are Mine)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nFrancisco Bay Area in Northern California. I love to read, write, listen to music, play volleyball, and daydream my life away, mainly using my fandoms as an escape. Every once in awhile, my family helps bring me back to earth before I am lost to it completely. I also enjoy playing keyboard for the high school ministry at my church. Being able to use my talents for the Lord is very satisfying and brings me great joy. Getting to play music alongside my brothers is pretty wonderful, too! <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nBlog<\/span><\/a> \/\/ <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a> \/\/ <\/span>Polyvore<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\n
<\/span>
\n
\nWhat do you feel is unique to your country? Landmarks? Celebrations?<\/b><\/span>
\nThe weather that we enjoy in all three states in the West is great for visiting our myriad of parks, lakes, and beaches. Yosemite National Park, Muir Woods, Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, Lake Tahoe, Death Valley, and Mammoth Lakes are just a few of the amazing places to see the incredible beauty that makes up the Western states. <\/span>
\n
<\/span> If you want to see a sample of California coastline, Highway 1 is the best way to go. It has many twists and turns, but the views of the Pacific Ocean make the drive worth it.<\/span>
\nAlso, California is the third largest state in the US and the most populated, boasting 38 million inhabitants from all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nTell me about your country’s environment. What are some of your favorite places?<\/b>
\nCalifornia has a varied climate, depending on where in the state one is. Southern and Central California are very warm in the summer, sometimes over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and dry in the winter. It snows sometimes in the hills. The San Francisco Bay Area is temperate, hardly ever over 90 degrees in the summer and rarely under 50 degrees in the winter. It doesn’t snow in the Bay Area, to my everlasting disappointment. <\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nOregon and Washington have extremely similar climates. The western sides of the two states are wetter and have more moderate temperatures, while the eastern parts are drier and display more extreme weather patterns. <\/span>
\n
<\/span> I personally love anywhere along the coast, whether it\u2019s Santa Barbara, San Diego, or a beautiful beach in Oregon that I went to once. I also love Seattle, Washington, and Lake Tahoe, which is on the border between California and Nevada (it snows there!).<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nTell me about your country’s food. What are some of your favorite dishes?<\/b>
\nThe West is very much influenced by other cultures, especially when it comes to our food. Mexican, Thai, Japanese, Korean, and Italian cuisine have each heavily influenced the Pacific states. Fish tacos are popular in San Diego; cioppino, an Italian-American fish stew, originated in San Francisco; and of course, the first Starbucks opened in Seattle in 1971. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nCalifornia is also obsessed with In-N-Out Burger. To say that we love it would be a horrible understatement. It\u2019s a sacred place for most of us–well, as sacred as a fast-food place can be, I guess. Everyone that I talk to loves it. My cousins that live in Chicago look forward to having it when they visit. If you ever get a chance to try it, ask for something off of their secret menu, like an \u2018animal-style\u2019 burger, or fries that are \u2018well-done\u2019. And they have Bible verses on the bottom of their cups and the containers that hold the fries, which I think is very inspiring! I typically order a double-double cheeseburger with fries, but when I feel like splurging, I get my fries \u2018animal-style\u2019, with a special sauce and sauteed onions on top.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nTell me about any different speech patterns in your country. Slang? Idioms? Words for things such as \u201cbiscuits\u201d instead of \u201ccookies\u201d?<\/b>
\nCalifornia is heavily influenced by the surfer culture, so our speech is peppered with words like \u2018dude\u2019 and \u2018sweet\u2019, but not typically with the surfer\/hippie drawl that others like to stereotype us with. We who live up north call San Francisco \u2018SF\u2019 or \u2018The City\u2019, we say \u2018like\u2019 a lot, and in SoCal when they refer to their freeways – yes, freeways, not highways – they put the word \u2018the\u2019 before, as in \u2018the 405\u2019. <\/span>
\n
<\/span> People from Northern California call Southern California \u2018SoCal\u2019 and those from Southern California call Northern California \u2018NoCal\u2019. Yes, the omission of the \u2018r\u2019 is purposeful. There is one more thing that we say here in \u2018NoCal\u2019, but it\u2019s not very appropriate. I use the word \u2018hecka\u2019, it\u2019s little brother, instead, as in \u2018that movie was hecka awesome\u2019 or \u2018that In\u2019n\u2019Out burger was hecka good\u2019. Honestly, I could probably write a whole book about California\u2019s slang. Hmm, maybe I should…<\/span>
\n
<\/span> I don\u2019t really know slang from the other states, unless \u201812th Man\u2019 counts. \u201812th Man\u2019 is what fans of Washington\u2019s football team, the Seattle Seahawks, call themselves, and the only reason I know that is because I am a fan myself!<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nDescribe briefly a regular day in your country.<\/b>
\nThe high school scene is the same as most around the United States. Most high school students wake up between 6:30 and 7 o\u2019clock, have breakfast (or don\u2019t – some of my friends have commented multiple times on the fact that they don\u2019t have breakfast in the morning) and then go to school until 3 or so in the afternoon. Then they go home and do homework, hang out with their friends, or stay at the school to participate in sports or after-school activities. I have been homeschooled my whole life, so in addition to not knowing what \u2018real\u2019 high school is like, my schedule is a bit different.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> For adults who are working, the routine is the same as everywhere else. Have breakfast (or don\u2019t), drive to work – the typical 9 to 5 – then come home, have dinner, do more work or just hang out, go to bed. In addition, traffic is a huge part of people\u2019s lives in the SF Bay Area and down in SoCal – and probably in the bigger cities in Oregon and Washington, too. It can get really crazy – a normal day includes a lot of traffic and accidents and bad drivers to deal with. Most commute times are doubled or even tripled during rush hour.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nHow does your country compare to others, especially the States since my audience is primarily American? Environmentally? Politically? Culturally?<\/b>
\nThe Western states, particularly California, are notorious for their democratic\/liberal leanings when it comes to politics. They have been consistent \u2018blue states\u2019 in the last few decades of presidential elections. <\/span>
\n
<\/span> The quality and cost of living is also really high in the Pacific states – the San Francisco Bay Area being one of the most expensive places to live and work in the United States – and people are willing to drive forty-five minutes to an hour – not including traffic time – to work at an important, high-paying job, even though it is so far from their home.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> Culturally, we have been very influenced by the Spanish, especially in California, as can be seen by the names of the majority of our cities. Asian influences have also had an important impact on us, as can be seen by the large China-, Japan-, and Koreatowns in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, and Seattle.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> In addition, I have heard that Californians are superficially friendly. We act friendly to new people but don\u2019t really keep up appearances and become more standoff-ish, as opposed to New Yorkers, who are hard to get to know but end up being really friendly. <\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nBriefly describe three of your country\u2019s historical events that you feel are important.<\/b><\/span>
\nThe establishment of the missions occurred from 1768 to 1853 and resulted in the founding of twenty-one Spanish missions that stretched along California from San Diego in the south to Sonoma in the north. The missions were established to teach Catholicism to the Indians and colonize California with Spaniards and Indians, the two races being encouraged to intermarry. The missions are still intact and most are open to the public for tours.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> Possibly the most famous historical event in this region was the Gold Rush, which began in 1848 and lasted until 1855, bringing many people to California and Oregon who were hoping to \u2018strike it rich\u2019. Not many people did find large amounts of gold, but the Gold Rush served to introduce many different races of people to the Western states. Washington also had a Gold Rush, which lasted from 1897-99.<\/span><\/p>\n

A more recent event that shaped the West was the founding of many technological companies. Silicon Valley, an area just north of San Jose and south of San Francisco, is home to companies that are known worldwide, such as Apple and Google, and smaller, start-up companies. The establishment of Apple and Google brought millions of people to the San Francisco area, trying to get a job with a major corporation. The same is the case in Washington, where Microsoft\u2019s headquarters are located. The tech boom transformed the West into a top-tier player in the world of technology and science.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nWhat are some stereotypes about your country that irk you? What media portrays your country badly be it a movie, a book, or a TV show?<\/b><\/span>
\nA lot of people think Westerners are either liberal hippies (which are in abundance, especially where I live), surfers (which we do have a lot of in the southern part of the state), or really rich Google or Apple executives. Not everyone drives a sports car or Prius, but it seems like there is always one in front of you on the freeway!<\/span>
\n
<\/span> Unfortunately, I haven\u2019t seen many movies or TV shows where the Pacific states were well represented. There is a comedy TV show called Portlandia<\/i> which I think revolves around different people living in Portland, Oregon, and a movie called San Andreas<\/i>, which dramatizes a major earthquake happening in Northern California, but I haven\u2019t seen either of them.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n


<\/span> What media portrays your country well be it a movie, a book, or a TV show?<\/b><\/span>
\nOne of my personal favorites is the animated superhero movie Big Hero 6<\/i>. The main character lives in a city called San Fransokyo, which is a cross between San Francisco and Tokyo. The movie portrayed the techy and geeky side of the San Francisco Bay Area very well, as well as the famous and dramatic hills that San Francisco boasts. And then of course, there\u2019s the Disney Pixar movie Inside Out<\/i>, where the main character moves to San Francisco with her parents, but the City doesn\u2019t play a huge part in the movie, as most of it goes on inside the main character\u2019s head.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> I haven\u2019t seen many other movies or TV shows or read many books that portray California or any other Western states. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\nWho are your top three favorite characters native to your country in books, movies, or shows?<\/b><\/span>
\nThe only ones I can think of right now aside from the characters from Big Hero 6 <\/i>are Tony Stark aka. Iron Man and Scott Lang aka. Ant-Man, from the Marvel Universe. Tony fits the \u2018billionaire Malibu\u2019 stereotype, which I don\u2019t like, but I am a fan of how they portrayed his struggle with depression. <\/span>I enjoyed seeing San Francisco and the areas surrounding it when I watched Ant-Man, but I almost wish that the City had played a bigger part in the movie.<\/span>
\n
<\/span> Oh, and then there\u2019s Cassidy Sloane from the Mother-Daughter Book Club<\/i> series. I\u2019ve only read two of the books, but Cassidy was one of my favorite characters. She was originally from Laguna Beach, California, and I found a lot in common with her, seeing as we both love sports and competition. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nThank you, Tatiana, for this very informative post! Come back next week for a post about Alaska!<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n
\nAre you interested in participating in this project? Check out the tips archive to see which countries have been filled and if you’re from a different country<\/span>, shoot me an email at howellvictoriagrace(a)gmail(dot)com. I’m especially looking for Cuba, Venezuela, Switzerland, Kenya, Iraq, and Egypt.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nDo you have any characters from the West Coast United States? Did this inspire you to write West Coast character or set a book in the West Coast United States? Are from this or been to this country and you have further input? Feel free to share! Do you have any questions for Tatiana? Be sure to thank her!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nYou may also like:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\nSo Your Character is From The United Arab Emirates … Featuring Nada @ Africanaah’s Book Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nSo Your Character is From Malaysia … Featuring Anna @ A Tsp & Naadhira @ Legenbooksdary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\nSo Your Character is From Sweden … Featuring Katrin Berndt & Matilda Sj\u00f6holm<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nSo Your Character is From Norway … Featuring Tuva @ Tuva Tovslid<\/a>
So Your Character is From Austria … Featuring Becca @ The Punk Theory, Anna @ My Bookish Dream, & Kat @ Life and Other Disasters<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a …<\/p>\n

So Your Character is From the West Coast United States … Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,54],"class_list":["post-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-characters","tag-writing-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nSo Your Character is From the West Coast United States ... Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl - Wanderer's Pen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States ... Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl - Wanderer's Pen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a … So Your Character is From the West Coast United States … Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl Read More »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wanderer's Pen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-06T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-12T19:00:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Victoria Grace Howell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Victoria Grace Howell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"12 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Victoria Grace Howell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955\"},\"headline\":\"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States … Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-06T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-12T19:00:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\"},\"wordCount\":2350,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Characters\",\"Writing Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\",\"name\":\"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States ... Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl - Wanderer's Pen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-06T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-12T19:00:38+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/\",\"name\":\"Wanderer's Pen\",\"description\":\""Wandering through worlds, real and fictional"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wanderer's Pen\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Wanderer's Pen\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955\",\"name\":\"Victoria Grace Howell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Victoria Grace Howell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/author\/01849013182543674707\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States ... Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl - Wanderer's Pen","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States ... Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl - Wanderer's Pen","og_description":"It’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a … So Your Character is From the West Coast United States … Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl Read More »","og_url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/","og_site_name":"Wanderer's Pen","article_published_time":"2018-02-06T23:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-12T19:00:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Victoria Grace Howell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Victoria Grace Howell","Est. reading time":"12 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/"},"author":{"name":"Victoria Grace Howell","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955"},"headline":"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States … Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl","datePublished":"2018-02-06T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-12T19:00:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/"},"wordCount":2350,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","keywords":["Characters","Writing Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/","url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/","name":"So Your Character is From the West Coast United States ... Featuring Tatiana @ Write Owl - Wanderer's Pen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-02-06T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-12T19:00:38+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-west-coast\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":800},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website","url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/","name":"Wanderer's Pen","description":""Wandering through worlds, real and fictional"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization","name":"Wanderer's Pen","url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1","width":150,"height":150,"caption":"Wanderer's Pen"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955","name":"Victoria Grace Howell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Victoria Grace Howell"},"url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/author\/01849013182543674707\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/So2BYour2BCharacter2Bis2BFrom2Bthe2BWest2BCoast2BUnited2BStates2B....png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4091,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions\/4091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}