WriYe Blogging Circle #1: On Characters

[theoryoferin]

WriYe people are awesome. We're always encouraging others and trying new things and jumping in head first into new projects. Like this one. This year, we've started a blog circle. Which I am a part of. And every Wednesday there's going to be a new topic -- which, yes, people of the interwebz, means that I am officially committed to posting here

Comments

[krazikrys]

This USUALLY is what ends up happening with me. I fill out a few basics on the character sheets and then get bored and start writing. Only after a few paragraphs, pages, chapters, etc, do I understand my characters. And even after all that, sometimes I still don't! (Just like people, really.)

[kay_brooke]

I do characterization the same way. I've never really seen the point of character sheets, and in fact I think they would hurt more than help (at least for me; I know I would probably get so caught up in figuring out minutae that I would never start writing). After the character has been pretty developed, sure, they might be fun to fill out. But I prefer actual writing to figure out characterization. It feels so much more organic and complete that way--living and breathing, not just a list of facts on a page.

[slysionnachnano]

You must name Old Grumpface after me. It is a requirement.

I like your ways of character development. I think it makes them the most realistic.

But you know, ice cream says a lot about a man. If he's boring old vanilla, who wants that? ;)