tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post1699739816350764441..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: What I saw on my drive to work this morning...Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-26875251384649013122013-08-10T01:16:47.839-07:002013-08-10T01:16:47.839-07:00LOL You had me at camel. I think flaws make a cha...LOL You had me at camel. I think flaws make a character interesting. The idea that a person isn't perfect makes them more approachable. No one likes someone who is perfect all the time.Shelley Munrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090469550227550713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-29293764976174888552013-08-09T16:11:38.447-07:002013-08-09T16:11:38.447-07:00Oh your heroes have to have flaws. Otherwise they...Oh your heroes have to have flaws. Otherwise they're not worth keeping. Think husband. Uh-oh, I didn't say that.Jean Harringtonhttp://www.jeanharrington.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-16234758950681998512013-08-09T09:27:00.813-07:002013-08-09T09:27:00.813-07:00Maureen, You did make me laugh. And I've just ...Maureen, You did make me laugh. And I've just devoured all three books in the Fifty Shades series. Christian's flaw are what makes him so compelling. Who wouldn't want to sort him out? Course, the money helps! Yep, I'm into flawed heroes in a big way now.Wendy Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769040606499192321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-70003710005182885752013-08-09T09:11:14.120-07:002013-08-09T09:11:14.120-07:00My characters have internal flaws and misguided be...My characters have internal flaws and misguided beliefs. A book for some where down the road has both characters with physical scars along with the internal ones. We shall see (but not camels and gators.)<br />Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-1984082151592691542013-08-09T09:09:04.908-07:002013-08-09T09:09:04.908-07:00Flaws...gotta have 'em. ;) I think the stories...Flaws...gotta have 'em. ;) I think the stories I like most have characters who are the underdogs, or the forgotten because of what society perceives as their flaws...and then the flaws turn out to be their greatest strengths. Those are the most powerful stories, for me.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-28570189788503096522013-08-09T08:42:02.845-07:002013-08-09T08:42:02.845-07:00Hahaha. Now put your glasses on, woman! :)
Charac...Hahaha. Now put your glasses on, woman! :)<br /><br />Characters definitely need flaws. It makes them more human and more believable. I lose patience when the hero is super handsome, super sexy, super rich and super everything else. I need a real character that I can care about. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-86675694175393549132013-08-09T08:03:36.681-07:002013-08-09T08:03:36.681-07:00I do wear my glasses or contacts 90% of the time, ...I do wear my glasses or contacts 90% of the time, I promise! It's that 10% of the time that the camels come out.<br /><br />I like character imperfections, but I might draw the line at having a hero who has seven toes on one foot. :)Maureen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432964748852427405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-67973883983949770632013-08-09T06:59:35.846-07:002013-08-09T06:59:35.846-07:00Maureen, if I didn't have my glasses on to dri...Maureen, if I didn't have my glasses on to drive, all I'd see is the inside of the emergency room.<br /><br />Who wants a perfect hero or heroine? I need characters who feel human, otherwise I won't care about them.Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-63915818250300552292013-08-09T06:25:39.749-07:002013-08-09T06:25:39.749-07:00The characters have to have flaws to be human (eve...The characters have to have flaws to be human (even if they're not human they have to have flaws) so that the reader and writer can identify and empathize. *Put on your glasses, I'm sure you can see alligators and camels with them on.* We don't want to lose you.Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.com