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fandomsecrets2014-07-27 03:30 pm
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Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations
(Anonymous) 2014-07-27 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)I guess my major problem is that everyone's process is so different so that saying someone is outright wrong when you don't know their process, bugs me. It's like saying "Hard Sci Fi is best and soft Sci Fi is ruining the genre."
For me, 80% of my characters don't even start off with a gender. (The other 20% would be main characters and those tend to jump at me with "I'm a girl." "And I'm her future boyfriend." "And I'm the annoying male dragon best friend of said girl." A lot of times, they start out as roles. Such as, "Hey, I'm a sniper." And later the sniper goes "And I'm female." And then another character who is supposed to be say, hand to hand combat specialist who protects the sniper goes "I'm her little sister, and I'm best friends with main character and I like shopping. Oh, and our daddy is the treasurer of our organization who sets up our jobs."
And I sit there and go... "Okay, that's funny. I'm keeping it." And later I go in and assign astrological signs that I feel are compatible with the personality that is building thus far.
I know that makes it sound like I have no control over it. It's just, very organic, as I lay it out, I see patterns I guess. And sometimes, I see the pattern of a character fully realized at the end of the journey and then I start writing them and go "Oh damn it, they aren't there yet, they're here and they need to learn shit and now I have plot." The key is keeping the characters consistent.
So they're my friends I guess? And in a way, no one gets to talk shit about my friends other than me? Taking that step back and being objective is difficult, that's why I've got others on my side to pull me back and go "HOLD UP." Which is very important.
Re: Creator's Attitudes Toward Their Creations
An important thing about giving writing tips is to realize that their ARE a lot of valid approaches to it. Also attitudes and motivations when writing matter a lot.
I can get your method...I mean I often have major changes. I one imagined a character as having an alignment of evil, but also being someone who genuinely loves his girlfriend and is an antagonist, but as time went on and I understood him and his motivations more, I realized that I couldn't exactly call him evil really. He was doing what he believed he had to do to stand up against another powerful group, even if it meant some manipulation.
Anything really can be the spark of a new character/set off characters. I've had characters that were inspired by AU versions of OTHER characters.
When it comes to criticism, it can be important to listen, but also to learn to filter it. being able to "take criticism" does not mean you need to take every bit of criticism or suggestion you get. and sometimes you need to be able to realize that you're dealing with someone who's never going to be happy and to just forget about them. But yeah..... the best way to deal with crit, is to be calm, because of you're defensive some of them will use it against you.
I understand just how difficult it can be to be objective about your own OCs. It helps me to remember that my OC is strong enough that they don't NEED me to rage against every negative comment about them. people can not like them, or feel what they want....I know from how much I've worked on them that they're valid,decent, characters.
(and honestly I've gotten to the point where I just laugh when anons make "lol I bet they're a self insert sue" type comments. It's kinda like when someone online makes a comment about my appearance. I own a mirror and I know their comment is just a silly assumption made by someone who has their mind made up and is probably not going to change it.)