Character Exercise: Social Media

Day 8: What would your MC’s social media name be?

Sadie had a strong online presence for years. She had all the typical teenage social media in high school and college, but it wasn’t until she got into grad school that she launched a full influencer platform, which she called “Sadelicious.” She focused primarily on Instagram, but once she graduated with her Hospitality degree, she began to pursue the full lifestyle of a vlogger and influencer. Within two years, she was able to support herself completely with a thriving YouTube vlogging channel and Instagram.

But her “Sadelicious” platform caused significant problems with her personal life. Sadie developed a fairly severe social media addiction that led to her family staging and intervention and getting her into addiction recovery. Part of that process included deleting her platform.

Sadie left social media 18 months before the beginning of the first novel in the series. She has no personal accounts on any social media platform. She will sometimes appear in her mother’s cooking channel video on YouTube, and she edits all of her mother’s videos. She is also in charge of the A1A Diner’s social media, which includes Instagram and a Facebook page. But that’s all. Nothing personal.