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Monday, 20 December 2010
Torture Techniques
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thank God the new Facebook doesn't have as many applications as the old one from the few years ago had :)
ReplyDeleteClarissa - You've got a solid point about the need to show readers the stuff characters have in them. To do that, characters do have to go through things...
ReplyDeleteLOL@You! Torture time... ha ha haaaa!!!! Merry Christmas, bah humbug. ;p
ReplyDeletej/k Great to keep the wheels turning. Have a great one~ <3
Lol I love the comic!
ReplyDeleteI agree with putting the characters through a lot, but I also believe that there is a limit.
If it's not driving the plot forward, leave it out.
:-)
Yes, I tend to be a little on the nice side. My characters become my friends and I hate to see them in pain but the readers want to see them go through problems so they can relate.
ReplyDeleteCD
Finally, a topic I truly understand. My bad angel SO understands being a sadist :D
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays!
Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow
So...our characters should suffer a house fire on Christmas Eve, that totally destroys not only their home, but their Christmas as well. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent. It's hard to put them through trouble. It's more torture for the writer than the character some of the time. Especially me when I kill a character.
ReplyDeleteBecause if we don't torture our characters, who will?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Funny cartoon, heehee.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think torturing them is just our way to say, "I love you, man!"
ReplyDeletePatti
Yay!! It's great to torture your characters to see the stuff they're made out of!! I thoroughly agree!! And I'm a nice person!! LOL! Take care
ReplyDeletex
Hehe.
ReplyDeleteBeing mean to fictional characters does NOT bother me. But when I write cosies, it won´t do to kill off characters the readers care too much about.
Most of what I write is non-fiction and there is plenty of suffering to go around!
ReplyDeleteGood advice Clarissa!
Difficult situations bring it out of a character--sometimes I feel a little bad about putting them through so much, but so goes fiction!
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad I'm not on Facebook . . . LOL.
I'm kind of schizophrenic here; when writing I have a lot of fun torturing people, in real life I'm mostly harmless ...
ReplyDeleteFunny cartoon >:)
Cold As Heaven
It was recommended to me by the lovely, Jeffrey Beesler, that I head over here. Think I might stick around. Great blog you've got here!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas :)
Good advice. And that cartoon is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteClarissa,
ReplyDeleteYou would be happy to know my current WIP is a very emotionally charged story. My poor mc is physically abused by his Marine Corp father. He therefore treats everyone he meets with the same respect his father has for him. Talk about drama.
Michael
Yes, we have to be so mean to our MCs (well, and other characters too). Maybe that's why I feel I want to bestow a happy ending upon them by the time they reach the final pages!
ReplyDeleteThis post makes me want to go practice my evil laugh... Mwahahaha....
ReplyDeleteEven Santa likes naughty in his fiction -- actually he prefers downright bad in some characters.
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder, Clarissa! So hard when we really LIKE our characters, but the book is sure more interesting with the torture...
ReplyDeleteH Clarissa .. love this!! Had a good laugh .. Cheers .. Hilary
ReplyDeleteIt's such a relief being able to block those stupid apps that are a complete waste of time. I once overheard someone talking about their farmville property like it was real!
ReplyDeleteYou're right about those 4 points that you included -- the certainly test the main character[s].
Love the cartoon. It is so true, suffer, suffer and then grow.
ReplyDeleteNancy
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