tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post8601977258590716116..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Do You See What I See?Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-66892406368677249072017-08-18T04:41:39.116-07:002017-08-18T04:41:39.116-07:00This gave me a smile because I dread those art for...This gave me a smile because I dread those art forms that publishers send out, when they ask you for a detailed description of your main characters. For me, they either all look the same LOL or I have no idea what to put! Either I like to leave it for the reader to create a visual, or maybe I'm too lazy to find a reference :D.Clare Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392142798976142547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-79962863372719879802017-08-10T14:36:08.240-07:002017-08-10T14:36:08.240-07:00An interesting post. I remember reading how F. Sco...An interesting post. I remember reading how F. Scott Fitzgerald didn't describe the Great Gatsby. After reading the ms., his editor said he had to give the reader some visual guidelines. I guess that's how Gatsby got to be a blond. So, yes, we do have our mental images of characters. At the moment, I'm thinking Reese Witherspoon would make a perfect Honey Ingersoll. jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-80927579027091032182017-08-10T13:04:15.774-07:002017-08-10T13:04:15.774-07:00Yes, that's it! The emotion a character genera...Yes, that's it! The emotion a character generates has much more appeal than their looks. Kind of how our impression of someone evolves as we get to know them better--what they look like becomes secondary or maybe tertiary :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11981187517116940212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-88229851405615659182017-08-10T12:52:49.308-07:002017-08-10T12:52:49.308-07:00Haha. I always create my own vision of the charact...Haha. I always create my own vision of the character in my head regardless of what the author intends. Just can't help it. But really, it is more the emotion of the character that lives with me rather than the vision.Sandy Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005659579891587121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-27535701082025081522017-08-10T12:27:56.966-07:002017-08-10T12:27:56.966-07:00My favorite covers are the ones where the characte...My favorite covers are the ones where the characters' backs are to the camera. I like the anonymity. Leave it up to the reader's imagination to 'see' the character. :)Maureen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16432964748852427405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-24509934078867233472017-08-10T08:56:20.741-07:002017-08-10T08:56:20.741-07:00I'm totally for the headless, obscured or silh...I'm totally for the headless, obscured or silhouetted figures. Now that makes me sound creepy. Ha! Great blog, Sharon!!Julie Moffetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502118653935283732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-58865392924465129002017-08-09T10:10:44.573-07:002017-08-09T10:10:44.573-07:00I do wonder at times how readers "view" ...I do wonder at times how readers "view" my characters. <br /><br />And covers - it drove me nuts that the female on the cover of The Professor had <i>the wrong hair.</i> - ah the things we can obsess over ;)CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.com