Is it necessary to 'like' your characters? - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T11:48:26Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/is-it-necessary-to-like-your-characters?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI think the key--whether one…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-10-30:537324:Comment:4108532015-10-30T19:40:59.035ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
<p>I think the key--whether one is a writer of an actor--is to find the elements of a character that appeal to them in some way. Every bad guy is the hero of his own story. The trick is to find that point of view and work from there.</p>
<p>I think the key--whether one is a writer of an actor--is to find the elements of a character that appeal to them in some way. Every bad guy is the hero of his own story. The trick is to find that point of view and work from there.</p> I go wit that. Some of the ch…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-09-27:537324:Comment:4100172015-09-27T21:12:17.730ZGavin Woodshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/GavinWoods
<p>I go wit that. Some of the characters I've written aren't meant to be likeable (especially the bad guys) but I'd like to think they are rounded enough for people to identify with them. I like the sense of vulnerability that they have. Ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances in which they make bad choices rather than them being deliberately evil. Having done a bit of acting myself. I think its important to make your character believable if not always likeable. </p>
<p>I go wit that. Some of the characters I've written aren't meant to be likeable (especially the bad guys) but I'd like to think they are rounded enough for people to identify with them. I like the sense of vulnerability that they have. Ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances in which they make bad choices rather than them being deliberately evil. Having done a bit of acting myself. I think its important to make your character believable if not always likeable. </p> Characters need only be imagi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-09-11:537324:Comment:4100502015-09-11T03:55:34.787ZAnn Reillethttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/AnnReillet
<p>Characters need only be imaginably real. You can love em' or hate em'. The most important thing is that they are well developed. You should be able to drop them in to any situation and know exactly how they'll behave. </p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>Characters need only be imaginably real. You can love em' or hate em'. The most important thing is that they are well developed. You should be able to drop them in to any situation and know exactly how they'll behave. </p>
<p>Cheers!</p> I think you should like somet…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-08-21:537324:Comment:4094152015-08-21T22:47:37.933ZNIna Mansfieldhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/NInaMansfield
<p>I think you should like something about the characters, or maybe love to hate them. But I too think that there is something of me in almost every character I write. If they don't have a bit of me in them, then they are often inspired by someone I know, or more likely a combination of several people. As I think back to my earlier writing, those characters that did not have a bit of me in them, or weren't inspired by anyone in particular, really weren't very well developed.</p>
<p>Funny you…</p>
<p>I think you should like something about the characters, or maybe love to hate them. But I too think that there is something of me in almost every character I write. If they don't have a bit of me in them, then they are often inspired by someone I know, or more likely a combination of several people. As I think back to my earlier writing, those characters that did not have a bit of me in them, or weren't inspired by anyone in particular, really weren't very well developed.</p>
<p>Funny you mention actors. I acted professionally in my youth, I would say that I would find something to like about every character I played-- find a bit of me in them, even if it was a stretch. I do use my acting training a lot in my writing actually.</p>
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