tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862835293314404115.post5659083550902639991..comments2023-09-16T02:22:37.558-07:00Comments on What?: Few ideas (haiku included)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862835293314404115.post-28706925788430814622008-11-06T13:56:00.000-08:002008-11-06T13:56:00.000-08:00If you haven't read Steve Martin's Pure Drivel, yo...If you haven't read Steve Martin's <I>Pure Drivel</I>, you should treat yourself (if you have the time, I even recommend listening to the audio book of Steve Martin reading it). It has a chapter titled "Writing Is Easy" which contains a section specifically about creating memorable characters which may be of particular interest to you (by 'interest,' I mean 'funny,' not 'helpful.')<BR/><BR/> - The JakesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862835293314404115.post-10842681705925171772008-11-04T13:13:00.000-08:002008-11-04T13:13:00.000-08:00I agree 100%. That seems to be the biggest thing ...I agree 100%. That seems to be the biggest thing that's slowing down my writing, that's forcing me to censor myself. I never developed the ability to create good characters, but that's what I want to see more than anything else. It's killing me.Kaboom32https://www.blogger.com/profile/08013693486567433534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4862835293314404115.post-53152558829068555432008-11-04T11:23:00.000-08:002008-11-04T11:23:00.000-08:00I know you qualified the statement with "usually",...I know you qualified the statement with "usually", but when I thought about your fiction, I was immediately hit by your story (or series of similar stories) in McNamar’s circa 1989-90 used to fill the “write for 10 minutes” requirement titled <I>Lucky Guy</I> (or similar) (note: I opted for italics as the comment tool is not accepting underline tags!) which consisted of a list of lucky things followed by (spoiler alert!) one unlucky thing (nice long sentence, huh? I’m going to need more than one to finish the comment, though). Don’t get me wrong, I liked it enough to both remember it for nearly twenty years AND to plagiarize it for a couple weeks of my own writing commitments, but I don’t recall it being very character driven (in fact, I believe we learn everything about the guy in the title…which I may or may not have even remembered correctly; maybe a clue in and of itself). <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I just wanted to share my nostalgia.<BR/><BR/> - The JakesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com