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Topic: Mirror Image?
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Graysith
Chosen Daughter
Member # 27
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posted 01-09-2003 06:06 PM
Oh yes, indeed I do. Heh. Many aspects of my own personality come through loud and clear in the sisters Graysith and Galen; particularly Graysith.Hey, my car's license doesn't read GRYSITH for nothing, you know. Personally, I find it next to impossible for a writer to completely remove himself from the characters s/he is writing about. I think a bit of myself comes through in everyone I write for: Yaoksi's devil-may-care attitude, Galen's spunk, Graysiths flaring temper and steady love, M'wonBo'o's steadfastness to those he must care for, Sorben's tendency to switch horses in midstream, Aelvedaar's wisdom and teachings (Ok, so maybe I'm not wise yet, but I try to teach, heh) and so on. Some writers DO manage to simply remain aloof from their characters (I am not referring to anyone here, but am referring to some books I have read). Alas; this comes screaming through in the stilted actions of those characters. It is said that writers write best when they write about something they know about and have a keen interest in. What better than themselves, vicariously? -------------------- I ride the Stormcloud and the Night!
Posts: 3904 | From: Indianola, Iowa | Registered: Jul 2000 | Logged: 152.163.188.199
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Mara1Jade
Expanded Universe Goddess and Corran Obsessor
Member # 68
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posted 01-29-2003 10:49 PM
Shayla is the most like me, though Terrin had quite a bit of me in him too...... *sniffles* -------------------- Small minds think in small terms! ~~CMH, creator and writer of Shayla Petrolu, Erik Kartan, Shawn Petrolu, Terrin Danner, Jasyn Lancaster, Matt Stanza, Aaron Barnes, And Taylor Garrison~~
Posts: 972 | From: Jacksonville, FL, USA | Registered: Sep 2000 | Logged: 66.20.156.105
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