Fictional characters can develop an autonomous emotional reality during creation

Evidence

What became clear, as her life opened up, was how little her personality owed to mine. I could not predict her reactions, but I could certainly feel her emotions: I relished the quiet triumph of her later life when, a benefactor to her community, a stalwart of welfare committees, she lived in comfort in a house on a hill with the real love of her life, a white bull terrier called Billy. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 177

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 177
• XREF: connects to: Character emerges from unresolved inner contradiction — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1156; Character is sketched through specific physical details and social pressures — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 81; Representing other minds is an immemorial and growing requirement of imaginative fiction. — Janet Burroway; Elizabeth Stuckey-French; Ned Stuckey-French, Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition: A Guide…, 576 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Character emerges from unresolved inner contradiction #expands (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1156
• Character is sketched through specific physical details and social pressures #complicates (0.65) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 81