Comments on: Believe it… or not http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/ The Hottest Gay Romance Authors Are Here... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:32:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Kimber http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-799 Kimber Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:18:33 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-799 For me a lot of the believability comes from a character's voice. This is particularly true of my own characters. Until and unless I can *hear* a character in my head I can't imagine him/her as a living, breathing person. I have actually heard people's voices, sometimes on tv or in movies but more often in passing on the street, and thought to myself, that's what so-and-so sounds like! Yeah, I'm weird. Lol! For me a lot of the believability comes from a character’s voice. This is particularly true of my own characters. Until and unless I can *hear* a character in my head I can’t imagine him/her as a living, breathing person.

I have actually heard people’s voices, sometimes on tv or in movies but more often in passing on the street, and thought to myself, that’s what so-and-so sounds like!

Yeah, I’m weird. Lol!

]]> By: JL Langley http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-792 JL Langley Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:39:54 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-792 I agree wholeheartedly. It;s the little things, the details, the quirks. Inner conflict is another good "living quality". I agree wholeheartedly. It;s the little things, the details, the quirks. Inner conflict is another good “living quality”.

]]> By: Ally Blue http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-790 Ally Blue Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:44:52 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-790 Sarah, thank you very much! And yeah, tough-to-wimp for no reason drives me up the wall. Why does that seem to happen to the heroines so much more than the heroes? I HATE that! Lisabea, very good point. The inner conflict in a character certainly does breathe life into them, not to mention making us care about them :) Sarah, thank you very much! And yeah, tough-to-wimp for no reason drives me up the wall. Why does that seem to happen to the heroines so much more than the heroes? I HATE that!

Lisabea, very good point. The inner conflict in a character certainly does breathe life into them, not to mention making us care about them :)

]]> By: lisabea http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-786 lisabea Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:12:48 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-786 I agree, but sometimes, the little things aren't enough and serve to flatten a character rather than flesh them out. I'm thinking of characters that remain in my mind so vividly: Derek Craven; Nate (the great); Adrien English; Max Bahgat. Conflict. It's the internal conflict that drives how they react and why they react that makes them so real to me. Does that make sense? I'm still fatigued. I agree, but sometimes, the little things aren’t enough and serve to flatten a character rather than flesh them out. I’m thinking of characters that remain in my mind so vividly: Derek Craven; Nate (the great); Adrien English; Max Bahgat. Conflict. It’s the internal conflict that drives how they react and why they react that makes them so real to me.

Does that make sense? I’m still fatigued.

]]> By: sarah http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-785 sarah Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.fictionwithfriction.com/2008/04/15/believe-it-or-not/#comment-785 I agree I hate when a character does a 180 in there basic makeup. Go from really strong to whimp drives me crazy. I love the little details you add. A certain smile that they will always use at a partilcular time. Or the habit of running hands thru their hair when frustrated. Its the little things that make a character more real to me. I agree I hate when a character does a 180 in there basic makeup. Go from really strong to whimp drives me crazy. I love the little details you add. A certain smile that they will always use at a partilcular time. Or the habit of running hands thru their hair when frustrated. Its the little things that make a character more real to me.

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