tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post8954661083131661697..comments2024-03-28T09:00:44.576-04:00Comments on YA Authors You've Never Heard Of: Character vs Writer's Plot Clash!Christine Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657651210128892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-2917071390376357762010-10-08T22:15:19.697-04:002010-10-08T22:15:19.697-04:00Great post! I agree with absolutely everything you...Great post! I agree with absolutely everything you said. I've even scrapped entire scenes I love from my own books, all because they contradicted with how my characters would actually react. Sometimes I can find an in-character motivation to save those scenes, but if not? Snip! I don't know about others, but characters always trump plot for me. Always!Heather R. Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309060285955963459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-14461801960544403112010-10-08T17:05:34.400-04:002010-10-08T17:05:34.400-04:00Good points, Gloria. I've given up on several...Good points, Gloria. I've given up on several books when the character does something absolutely stupid for the sake of the plot. (or I might suffer and grumble through the rest of the book, but I'll never buy anything by that author again)Kathy Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853773950136365293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-68995668758642420002010-10-08T12:36:21.529-04:002010-10-08T12:36:21.529-04:00Gloria, Very good bit. Have seen books like this t...Gloria, Very good bit. Have seen books like this that make me want to throw it against the wall. This is an excellent post.Janet Lane Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-47932729098296545072010-10-08T11:54:26.808-04:002010-10-08T11:54:26.808-04:00ALWAYS listen to your characters. I see the relati...ALWAYS listen to your characters. I see the relationship between author and character as GOD-HUMAN. The god (author) created the character (Tolkien called this subcreation) but the character has free will. So let the character live in his/her world!Michael DiCertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404444086522846219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-21342650192868425282010-10-08T11:18:18.261-04:002010-10-08T11:18:18.261-04:00Ouch! I'd be crying and boo-hooing for somebod...Ouch! I'd be crying and boo-hooing for somebody to get that thorn out of me. Whatever else I was doing could wait. You make very good points, Gloria. I remember Tonto and the Lone Ranger. :)Beverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.com