Post by Pyra on Nov 20, 2010 23:41:41 GMT -5
The thing that I see in my writing that hinders it the most is my inability to be my character- and instead for my character to be me. As an rper of many years, it was almost too easy to slide into this position. I'd always wanted to be the slightly detached, evil guy who was picking fights. But he was going to end up going the right path and finding some kind of semblance in life.
But this was at most a definition of the way I'd always tried to live. And I wondered why I felt my writing had become stagnant.
It's only after learning about fiction and seeing both sides, that is of being your character and your character being you, that I've realized this very common misconception that we all weasel our way into.
So, if I can suggest anything to any of you on about what to do here, it is this:
Do not think of yourself when you make your character, or when you write here; you must learn how to detach yourself from this 'person' whom you'll be writing as. Ignore your instinct on how you feel about a certain subject or personality, try to simply understand them and then come to a conclusion that you feel is acceptable. Trust me, if you go the other route, you'll just be shooting yourself in the foot. This is fiction for a reason.
But this was at most a definition of the way I'd always tried to live. And I wondered why I felt my writing had become stagnant.
It's only after learning about fiction and seeing both sides, that is of being your character and your character being you, that I've realized this very common misconception that we all weasel our way into.
So, if I can suggest anything to any of you on about what to do here, it is this:
Do not think of yourself when you make your character, or when you write here; you must learn how to detach yourself from this 'person' whom you'll be writing as. Ignore your instinct on how you feel about a certain subject or personality, try to simply understand them and then come to a conclusion that you feel is acceptable. Trust me, if you go the other route, you'll just be shooting yourself in the foot. This is fiction for a reason.