i was actually talking to a friend about why certain bandom characters are easier for me to write, and this topic came up. like, i have a hard time writing character you'd assume would see things more or less as they really are (patrick to name one, though i do enjoy writing him when i can). i have an easier time with characters like pete, though, because it's more or less common knowledge that he isn't wholly reliable. and, aside from the lens through which he views the world being a little warped, he also provides the opportunity for about four or five different ways to express that.
i only have one original character that compares (or exceeds) my favorite fannish one and she's my favorite. you can't even really tell if the people she remembers talking to even existed (or were talking to her, or if she was the one talking and they were the one listening).
sometimes i wonder if it's not hard to keep the balance between being unreliable enough to keep readers tempted to keep reading and unreliable to the point where readers are frustrated, though.
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i was actually talking to a friend about why certain bandom characters are easier for me to write, and this topic came up. like, i have a hard time writing character you'd assume would see things more or less as they really are (patrick to name one, though i do enjoy writing him when i can). i have an easier time with characters like pete, though, because it's more or less common knowledge that he isn't wholly reliable. and, aside from the lens through which he views the world being a little warped, he also provides the opportunity for about four or five different ways to express that.
i only have one original character that compares (or exceeds) my favorite fannish one and she's my favorite. you can't even really tell if the people she remembers talking to even existed (or were talking to her, or if she was the one talking and they were the one listening).
sometimes i wonder if it's not hard to keep the balance between being unreliable enough to keep readers tempted to keep reading and unreliable to the point where readers are frustrated, though.