Sunday, February 7, 2010

Realism

Finished 51, started 52; 89,825 word count



Writing Tip: Remember these characters are not real people! I'm writing the battle scene and it is so very, very hard. Why? Because I don't want anyone to get hurt.
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  1. NicholeFebruary 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    Actually, I think it helps to think of characters as real. You get attached, yes, but it makes it so much more fun. I guess that's the way I feel. I'm sure it's just becauseI love to put my characters through distress and trouble. I love to watch them get stronger and overcome their problems. Makes me feel stronger too. :)

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  2. UnknownFebruary 9, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    Oh, yes. One of my greatest struggles is putting my characters through real pain. I know I must, but who wants to do that to someone you love? Yet that is what has made my most popular non fiction work popular. I guess that should be a clue.

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  3. GaladrielFebruary 9, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    I have the opposite problem...I put my characters through all sorts of painful experiances. But that might just be because I do most of my big-scale writing in NaNoWriMo.

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  4. kanishkFebruary 18, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    I love to watch them get stronger and overcome their problems.

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  5. KayleeFebruary 19, 2010 at 2:29 PM

    I know just how you feel. Sometimes, I get rather maniacal when I'm writing about my characters getting hurt or even dying. I have to take a distant and unfeeling position in order to let myself kill one of the people I have grown to know and love so well. And then I cry with those still alive, and it all becomes so much more real.

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