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⌈ Secret Post #2763 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[(Anonymous)]

As long as they can take and listen to criticism without taking it as a personal attack and they can treat all of their characters with some equality, they can think of their characters only as tools, or as their best friends for all I care.

The advice you refer to is almost always aimed at writers who are incapable of doing this.

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[(Anonymous)]

Yup. Writers who are reasonable, not batshit crazy don't need advice on how not to get too caught up in their characters.

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[jaybie_jarrett]

Ahh..

I just remember seeing "characters should be tools" just as a statement on some "character test" for ..some annoying character type.

I know it takes more words but I honestly wish people wouldn't simply state something like "your character should be this" or "you should do it this way". Explain a little more like "You shouldn't let your feelings about your character get in the way of story writing" rather than "you should think about your characters THIS way".

I mean that's just my opinion but...I guess I just really don't care for absolute statements. I feel like they're not as helpful as actually explaining the problem.

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I wonder if that character test was a Mary Sue test? When it comes to fanfiction OCs, those statements are not bad advice, but I do think that they're more of a guideline, not a hard-and-fast rule.

Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations

[jaybie_jarrett]

Yeah , sort of. One of them was some test that seemed like it was for original stuff.


In one instance I really just hated it because the way it was worded was "You should feel this way. Your characters are only tools nothing more" Like I could certainly agree with "your character is not you" But eh.