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[ephemerall]

I think the best and worst part of being a writer, and in turn being an avid reader and lover of literature, is the ability to fall in love with characters.  The ability to take someone fictional and feel him/her as if he/she were a real person in your life, that you’ve met and had conversations with.  You get inside a characters head, when you’re

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[jiangyin]

I completely understand this. It hurts like hell when you have to leave a character behind, whether it's because their story has ended or you've had to send them marching off to slaughter (as one of my other writerly friends has described it) - I've done it more times than I can count, and it's painful each and every time. I had to do it again last night. I've known for almost three years what the ending of one of my fics will be, and I thought I was prepared for it, but it hurt like hell and I cried on and off writing the end of that particular story. That character's story will continue in a way (thank goodness for sequels), but for now their story is done.

I think it's simultaneously one of the best and the worst parts of being a writer - we're able to create characters that are so lifelike in pretty much every way (except for the very obvious fact that they're not actually real), but we get so attached to them that when we have to bid them farewell, it hurts like hell. :/ It's a fact of life for us, but it doesn't mean it sucks

[ephemerall]

I completely agree! When I actually take the time to write a character, there is a piece of me in that character, and when his/her story has been told, when it comes to an end? I feel like a little piece of me gets ripped out, or dies, and I have to have a grieving period, or a short time to absorb the fact that ok, this is really over. UGH writers will always have a love/hate relationship with our work...of course, more love than hate but you know what I mean :)

[meesasometimes]

as a reader I read an immense overwhelming amount of Sam/Dean and although I may always be reading about the same characters inside of an authors story they are also different. I sometimes desperately miss them when waiting on a WIP (A Monster By Any Other Name please come back to me soon). I often wish that I haven't read something just to have the experience of reading it for the first time all over again (Tomorrow When the Apricots are Ripe). When I leave a comment to someone about wanting to read this forever, I am not kidding. There are fics by select authors that I would like to continue reading every morning when I wake up for the rest of my life. Although I think that may be asking to much ;D

[ephemerall]

I don't have the same reaction to fan fiction as I do with actual books; there is a separation there for me. I still get emotional about characters in fanfiction, especially ones I've emotionally invested myself in, but it's different for when I'm reading a book. I'm not sure how to explain it, but there is a slight difference. I just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy, and I'm heartbroken over things that happened, and that it's over.

[meesasometimes]

awww the Hunger Games got you. I was curious about what it was. I haven't read them yet but they're on my radar.

[asweetdownfall]

I love this entry.

Also THG ftw :)

[ephemerall]

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