tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post2758578593642857781..comments2024-03-27T08:14:40.699-07:00Comments on Indie Writers Monthly: Exploring Personality: Part One -- "Who Am I?"Brianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-74283634740430995882020-05-28T04:28:30.590-07:002020-05-28T04:28:30.590-07:00This article is an appealing wealth of informative...This article is an appealing wealth of informative data that is interesting and well-written. I commend your hard work on this and thank you for this information. You’ve got what it takes to get attention. Go with site <a href="https://www.insta-stalker.me/" title="insta stalker" rel="nofollow">insta stalker</a> to downlaod free anything you like on instagram. Sophie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769321133171248409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-60234284686940108032019-12-23T23:02:26.683-08:002019-12-23T23:02:26.683-08:00Thanks for the post. Its useful.
Online Assignment...Thanks for the post. Its useful.<br /><a href="https://www.excellentassignmenthelp.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Online Assignment Help Companies </a>Assignment Helphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764667231488131911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-84503889456256833262014-09-26T11:52:04.626-07:002014-09-26T11:52:04.626-07:00Rusty: I hope it will be.Rusty: I hope it will be.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-30664666468489476342014-09-26T05:53:38.577-07:002014-09-26T05:53:38.577-07:00Sounds like a fun series. Let's go!Sounds like a fun series. Let's go!Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-80719964009159304672014-09-19T12:17:34.452-07:002014-09-19T12:17:34.452-07:00Jo: This series is not about picking apart a book ...Jo: This series is not about picking apart a book to figure out why you like it or not. It's about helping authors to develop more full characters. People who read a lot tend to disenjoy books with flat characters.<br /><br />As for music, my wife is musically trained, so she has a more difficult time enjoying music in general than I do. She'll hear wrong notes where I don't hear them. So something I think is fine, she won't like. However, when something is really well done, she has much greater appreciation for it than I do. I think this is the same kind of thing.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-75190180023793512452014-09-18T16:15:50.479-07:002014-09-18T16:15:50.479-07:00Ok I came as promised. I'm not sure about this...Ok I came as promised. I'm not sure about this, I will have to think about it. Maybe what you are talking about defines why I enjoy some books way more than others. However, I guess it's your job, but I remember reading a story about a pianist who learned to pick out every sound in an orchestra. You are doing the same with books. To me, personally, that would detract from the enjoyment of reading or listening. Obviously not to everyone. I just want to read a good story that flows with interesting characters, I don't want to pick out why I like the way that book is written.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-9768078619606335222014-09-18T15:25:07.573-07:002014-09-18T15:25:07.573-07:00Briane: I tend to dislike books told from the POV ...Briane: I tend to dislike books told from the POV of kids. They ALWAYS sound older than they should. For whatever reason, adults can't remember what it's like to be a kid and speak in that voice. If you want to write a "kid voice," spend some time around kids.<br /><br />Shannon: I haven't read any Barker other than a few comics he wrote, so I can't comment other than to say that I think the attraction with him is the bizarre villains he creates. He probably wouldn't be know at all if his villains weren't so visually interesting and got picked up for movies.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-15727210682870970112014-09-18T00:06:52.483-07:002014-09-18T00:06:52.483-07:00A friend and I are reading through books listed by...A friend and I are reading through books listed by Nightmare Magazine as the top 100 Horror Novels. The first one she read was by Clive Barker, who I've yet to read. She read three different books by him, but found that the characters were lackluster, and that she just plain didn't care what happened to the characters since they were blah or irritating. He's probably a bad example since he's had success, but I wonder if he would have been bigger if he were better at characterization?Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-88657381490822241562014-09-17T16:47:41.337-07:002014-09-17T16:47:41.337-07:00That's one of the things I find trickiest abou...That's one of the things I find trickiest about writing: making sure the characters are themselves and are unique. Sometimes it works better than others. As I was reading this I was thinking of characters that I've written that I thought were not ME at all. Taft, in "the After" isn't me. Nick, in "Santa, Godzilla" isn't me. They're both very unique characters who I think act in consistent ways.<br /><br />It's tough, though. You have to have a really good idea who your characters are and stick to it.<br /><br />As for "House," I'm shocked, seriously. Sam was by far my favorite. But what you did was great in that you not only wrote them in different voices, you made the voice consistent with the character. I just read a short story in which the character was supposed to be about 9, and it was told in first person, but the voice of the character made her seem a lot older. It was jarring.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-38084634694263854212014-09-17T11:35:11.728-07:002014-09-17T11:35:11.728-07:00L.G.: Usually, yes, that's true, because we ca...L.G.: Usually, yes, that's true, because we can't help but put ourselves in there... unless we have a good way not to. There is very little of "me" in the character of Ruth, but, then, I did have "her" right in front of me to craft with.<br />I think when we're really aware of what we're doing, we can cut huge portions of ourselves away from the sculpture.<br /><br />Sandra: I'm hoping it will be. I suppose I've been reading way too many cookie-cutter characters, lately.<br /><br />Crystal: I was just telling the kids in my creative writing class the other day that you can have the best plot in the world but no one will care if you don't have a character the reader cares about.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-11227010923711854572014-09-17T10:30:13.159-07:002014-09-17T10:30:13.159-07:00I'm completely with you. For me it's the c...I'm completely with you. For me it's the characters that make the book. In fact, I just put one down that was published by a big press because the MC felt bland, bare and transparent. It happens, right? Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-54616295041912833692014-09-17T06:50:47.690-07:002014-09-17T06:50:47.690-07:00Sounds like a promising series!
Authors need empa...Sounds like a promising series!<br /><br />Authors need empathy to create characters from different backgrounds and value systems--and make them talk and act accordingly. (Different backgrounds lead to different values. For instance, the Navajo don't value money and fame the way we do, something that will affect how one of my characters views another.) Maybe you can never fully escape your own worldview, but if you're aware of it, you can compensate for it. Sandra Ulbrich Almazanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365908651235829765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7844784446912062670.post-74092621534398876382014-09-17T05:36:32.846-07:002014-09-17T05:36:32.846-07:00I think most main characters in novels are extensi...I think most main characters in novels are extensions of the author's personality in some way. Can't really be helped. The trick, I think, is to put them in extraordinary circumstances so that they have to react in larger than life ways (the stuff most of us never experience). Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.com