See what I mean? Detatchment is key. You must know your material, this is a
given. But you can't get so emotionly involved with the characters that it
interferes with your ability to tell a good story.
It may be a mistake on my part, but I also think it gives me an
edge since because of that detatchement, I am willing to do things
to the characters that those more emotionally involved might
consider completly insane.
Am I wrong? Perhaps.
You're somewhat correct, but you phrased it all wrong. Who says fans
can't become detatched? Look at, for example, Mkie Loader's "Ill Met
By Starlight". He likes these characters, he's a fan, and he's
entirely willing to write them all getting hideously mauled. That's
just one example, but there's a lot more. Point being he didn't
let his being a fan get in the way of telling a good story.
The point is, really, that you have to be willing to not treat any of
your characters with kid gloves or else your story just might read as
nothing more than a "this character is my favorite can't you tell?"
sort of story. I'd point a few out, but there's quite a lot out there
and I'd rather not step on several dozen toes at the moment n.n;
-Rod M.