On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Nightelf wrote:
You're on.
BTW, as for the ease of writing the characters...only if it's done poorly.
I have stressed for the people to know the characters you write about so
intimately that they almost write the story for you. It isn't eyestrain.
It's looking at about every aspect of a character's life...wondering how
it affected them...Creation is involved, but only in a very limited
respect. How intimately do you know your characters, Ryan? Have you
ever come close to crying for them? Have you found your hands shaking
on the keyboard, feeling the character's emotions flood through your very
being, unable to control the tidal wave of anger and frustration flowing
from the character to yourself? That is my counter-challenge: to know
your characters _that_ intimately.
*snicker*
*chuckle*
*BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHA*
*hee*
To quoth the Immortal Bugs: "He don't know me very well, do he?"
I'm sorry, Nightelf, but this has got to be one of the most classic cases
of not checking out the opposition first. Ryan's been doing intense
characterization since almost fic one (and I DO mean fic one), six years
ago. Anime fanfic writing on the Net has been blamed on HIS shoulders.
He was writing the Big! Sweeping! Epics! even back then. Take a look at
http://www.eyrie,net under "Dirty Pair Fanfiction" We have a few of his
fics up there with some synopses. Then read (or print for the summer)
some of those fics. You'll be glad you did.
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