tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post4348437296626195778..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Character SurpriseSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-33838602776289982862014-05-12T20:10:57.377-07:002014-05-12T20:10:57.377-07:00@Anne Marie - oh, you and Rita :) And wow, you, to...@Anne Marie - oh, you and Rita :) And wow, you, too @Kathy! <br /><br />I love the surprises, because generally they've been there tracking along in my subconscious but I wasn't paying enough attention ;) <br /><br />Inevitably I'll find threads already worked into the story, just waiting for me to weave in the new element. But those revelations! Yep, out of left field (or in farm talk, out of that back meadow...) CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-90721156083410140722014-05-12T20:07:03.824-07:002014-05-12T20:07:03.824-07:00@Elise - Isn't it interesting how we always sa...@Elise - Isn't it interesting how we always say we have to get to know the characters, not we have to finish making them up? They do take on their own personalities.<br />Re the mountain place - I haven't said much about it over here. Usually I talk about it on the other blog, but as I spend more of my time here, it's starting to sneak into the posts. Sorta like those characters sliding bits and pieces in unexpectedly. :) CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-35302753444654669202014-05-12T20:04:22.766-07:002014-05-12T20:04:22.766-07:00@Rita - Oh My! Major surprises there! At least min...@Rita - Oh My! Major surprises there! At least mine are chatting me up earlier in the process :)CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-59219310467777100852014-05-12T19:34:59.494-07:002014-05-12T19:34:59.494-07:00I love when my characters surprise me with unexpec...I love when my characters surprise me with unexpected twists and turns. I think I know all about them before i start writing and then BOOM! A complete 180 out of left field. But then, that's part of the joy of being a writer. Kathy Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16440759802997389459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-22691545299393765102014-05-12T13:52:14.192-07:002014-05-12T13:52:14.192-07:00I love getting to know my characters! But they mak...I love getting to know my characters! But they make me go back and rewrite so much because often they don't tell me the whole tale until I'm at the end of the first draft. Sigh.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-67622285651822484542014-05-12T12:33:00.677-07:002014-05-12T12:33:00.677-07:00When I read I have to get involved with the charac...When I read I have to get involved with the characters. My characters are always butting in--quite opinionated and usually right. I just rewrote the bad guy and more rewrites will be needed. Loved your blog, your writing about the farm was fascinating to this city girl.Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-5135680671008902492014-05-12T11:57:05.113-07:002014-05-12T11:57:05.113-07:00Let’s see, in my last release Point of No Return, ...Let’s see, in my last release Point of No Return, I was chugging along and the heroine out of no where says she had an affair with the character I’m writing. Say what? &%#%@ Story rewrite.<br />WIP H&H are talking about families. She has none. Zip. Nada. When she’s asked if she would change anything about the last time she saw her father she thinks to herself she wouldn’t warn him before she stuck a knife in his stomach. Say what? &%#%@ Here we go again. Story rewrite. <br />Why can’t they tell me before I’m almost finished? <br />Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.com