How to become a good writer: Step one - hate yourself.

[moonvoice]

Glen: How do you develop a character?

Me: Um. Well, you think about them a lot. You put them in different situations. You write about them in different scenarios. You pretend you're them because you hate your life so much.

Glen: *ROFL* You should write that in LiveJournal.

Me: It's true. I hate my life that much.

Comments

[tsukikokoro.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I pretend that I'm them pretending to be me, because then their hate-filled lives make mine less hate-filled in contrast. And in such a way, I often get confused as to whether I'm venting or whether I'm trying to make such an outspoken structure seem more desperately human. But really... how desperately??

[dibeartach.livejournal.com]

Ooooo I love that icon, did you make?

[tsukikokoro.livejournal.com]

I wish I had that talent. :3

This icon originally belonged to ashiikankwe.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yeah.
Living my character's lives is a trip...
does it put things in perspective though? Not necessarily.

[tsukikokoro.livejournal.com]

I think I failed at making a joke.

The structure was something:
My life sucks, so I pretend to be my characters.
My characters' lives suck, so they pretend to be me.
Whose existence is really more tortured?

Haha. Lame. Sorry.

[dibeartach.livejournal.com]

Amen to that my friend :-)

[lightgoddess-69.livejournal.com]

That must mean I hate mine, too, moonvoice. I do those exact same thigns. I have had characters badger me in my sleep they wanted to be written so badly. As a matter of fact, Carlos (my incubus masseur from my erotic story) asks me almost nightly why he has to be a sex demon. lol Glen can laugh, but he hasn't written a character that takes over his life yet. He will.

[othertruths.livejournal.com]

LOLZ!

Ahhh, I hear ya...character creation and development is the greatest form of real-life escape. And everyone needs at least one Mary-Jane character; they are good for maintaining sanity. The rest of my characters sort of get the shit thrown at them on a regular basis, though. They might have tougher existences than me, but at least their lives are more exciting!!