Regarding your emotional investment in your characters - something I've observed is that writers who aren't emotionally invested in their characters have a lack of depth and passion in their work. The characters and storyline can be brilliant, but without that spark of emotion and care they never come to life. I think this is why a lot of fan fics (and stories in general) are never completed - the writer loses interest, or their muse, and the creativity just fizzles out from lack of sustenance
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Wow, that's... I'm not even sure how to take the compliment, and certainly not in a position to agree with it, but I'm so flattered that you would make that type of comparison. I found the Joker really compelling and I still miss Heath and wonder what he would have been doing by now. But.. yeah, I really don't even know what to say!
Anyway, I always feel like I'm talking about a real person concerning Erik, and in the course of writing HT I've had conversations with friends who weren't super familiar with my writing but who found themselves curious about him. I know why he seems real to me, though. He's a part of me, just a reeeeally ugly part that went wrong because he had no sense of balance the way I do.
Thanks a lot for leaving some comments. They were really a joy to read!
I was kind of worried that my comment would seem a bit over the top - I mean seriously, Heath got a posthumous award for that performance - but then I was like, hmm... What would censoring myself do, aside from frustrating me from trying to find the right words? Lol. We totally lost an amazing actor when he passed away.
And about the comments - no problem, I think writers don't get enough of them. And a bulk of them seem to be "omg plz update like now! I love your story!" Still a compliment, don't get me wrong - just a bit lacking in depth and feedback, which is always very useful and validating!
I think it's fascinating and totally cool that you've taken a part of yourself and put it into a character. I'm a fan of darker stories, so... yeah! Bravo.
Ah, such things take me back to my college days and creative writing classes, where I totally freaked some people out with my darker writings. Ha.
Every praise is pretty much over the top in my head. I always fall into disbelief and curl up in the fetal position when anyone says something super nice because I'll always have a complex that my work is below the bar. Someone would ask me, then, why I don't discontinue writing, but what's in my imagination is really good, at least to me -- but I know all anyone else can see is the actual words I type, and I don't think I have any way with words. I just *try* to tell the story with grace. But I've heard Lily's narration is flowery before
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Anyway, I always feel like I'm talking about a real person concerning Erik, and in the course of writing HT I've had conversations with friends who weren't super familiar with my writing but who found themselves curious about him. I know why he seems real to me, though. He's a part of me, just a reeeeally ugly part that went wrong because he had no sense of balance the way I do.
Thanks a lot for leaving some comments. They were really a joy to read!
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And about the comments - no problem, I think writers don't get enough of them. And a bulk of them seem to be "omg plz update like now! I love your story!" Still a compliment, don't get me wrong - just a bit lacking in depth and feedback, which is always very useful and validating!
I think it's fascinating and totally cool that you've taken a part of yourself and put it into a character. I'm a fan of darker stories, so... yeah! Bravo.
Ah, such things take me back to my college days and creative writing classes, where I totally freaked some people out with my darker writings. Ha.
Sincerely,
Not a stalkerish reader! ;-)
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