For writers_muses Mun Prompt
Talk about the pros and cons of tackling a canon muse versus an OC. Describe why you might favor one over the other. Also, if you choose a canon muse, how do you make yours stand out among all the others?
I have a ton of muses both canon and OC and Fandom OCs as well. There is a big difference between Non-fandom and Fandom OCs when it comes to writing. Personally no matter what the case is I love playing a character that has a strong mental standpoint and internal conflict. This is simply because I love writing the psychological side of fiction. I tend to lean toward muses with mental problems or who face life altering decisions. That narrows down who I play and explains a lot of my choices.
I suppose most would say I have three main muses: Snake, Mike and Peninnah. 2 canon and an OC. This really does reflect my over all choices. I prefer canon just a little over OC. There is a reason for that. I love writing from the situation of knowing what happened, knowing the personality of who did it and trying to delve into the motivations. You’ll see that a lot in my writing. For me and OC flows the other way. You start out with the motivations and the personality to make the "what happened". It’s just not as fulfilling and interesting to write an OC for me in that area of writing.
On the other hand OCs offer the chance to create everything from the ground up that you just don’t have with a Canon muse. Non-fandom OCs give you even more room to roam since you don’t even have a world. Usually though, I make OCs with the intent of exploring one aspect of human nature or several. Peninnah came about to delve into matters of faith, belief, curiosity, awe and development as a person. I created her specifically to write those things. Kailin Tyree, my Babylon 5 OC, was also created with a purpose. He was there to explore honor and self-sacrifice in wartime and family. As you can see I still dwell on the psychological aspects of writing. I like OCs for this because it’s much easier to pick and choose what to explore.
For Canon muses the downside is that there are aspects you have to write because they are the character. I’m always very picky about the canon muses I will write based on what I “Have to write” to make the character who they are. With Snake and Mike their duality is what draws me. Both men have a dark side and a light side that war around inside their heads. Snake more often walks on the good side while Mike nearly always in deep in his darkness. I have a lot of confidence in my ability to write duality. Rarely though do I trust myself to build that in an OC.
I’m not usually one to worry about whether I have the voice of a muse. For me to even start writing the voice has to already be firmly in place. This brings me to one other reason why I like canon muses over OCs. I love the research. I love sitting down with a movie I love and picking every aspect of it apart. I love digging up the screenplay and watching the actor/director interviews searching for little hints. I like sitting down and trying to figure out a characters preferences by actions in the movie. I adore reading movie novelizations. None of this I can do with an OC even a fandom OC.
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I have a ton of muses both canon and OC and Fandom OCs as well. There is a big difference between Non-fandom and Fandom OCs when it comes to writing. Personally no matter what the case is I love playing a character that has a strong mental standpoint and internal conflict. This is simply because I love writing the psychological side of fiction. I tend to lean toward muses with mental problems or who face life altering decisions. That narrows down who I play and explains a lot of my choices.
I suppose most would say I have three main muses: Snake, Mike and Peninnah. 2 canon and an OC. This really does reflect my over all choices. I prefer canon just a little over OC. There is a reason for that. I love writing from the situation of knowing what happened, knowing the personality of who did it and trying to delve into the motivations. You’ll see that a lot in my writing. For me and OC flows the other way. You start out with the motivations and the personality to make the "what happened". It’s just not as fulfilling and interesting to write an OC for me in that area of writing.
On the other hand OCs offer the chance to create everything from the ground up that you just don’t have with a Canon muse. Non-fandom OCs give you even more room to roam since you don’t even have a world. Usually though, I make OCs with the intent of exploring one aspect of human nature or several. Peninnah came about to delve into matters of faith, belief, curiosity, awe and development as a person. I created her specifically to write those things. Kailin Tyree, my Babylon 5 OC, was also created with a purpose. He was there to explore honor and self-sacrifice in wartime and family. As you can see I still dwell on the psychological aspects of writing. I like OCs for this because it’s much easier to pick and choose what to explore.
For Canon muses the downside is that there are aspects you have to write because they are the character. I’m always very picky about the canon muses I will write based on what I “Have to write” to make the character who they are. With Snake and Mike their duality is what draws me. Both men have a dark side and a light side that war around inside their heads. Snake more often walks on the good side while Mike nearly always in deep in his darkness. I have a lot of confidence in my ability to write duality. Rarely though do I trust myself to build that in an OC.
I’m not usually one to worry about whether I have the voice of a muse. For me to even start writing the voice has to already be firmly in place. This brings me to one other reason why I like canon muses over OCs. I love the research. I love sitting down with a movie I love and picking every aspect of it apart. I love digging up the screenplay and watching the actor/director interviews searching for little hints. I like sitting down and trying to figure out a characters preferences by actions in the movie. I adore reading movie novelizations. None of this I can do with an OC even a fandom OC.
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