Comments on: 03/26/2019 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: llirium http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400&cpage=1#comment-297484 llirium Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:57:10 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400#comment-297484 It's somewhere I get stuck with when writing, too. You're supposed to write what you know/research, but if you're feeling particularly "I don't know" about anything in your life, it can inhibit writing. On the other hand, writing can be an escape, a fantasy... but then you may end up envying your own creations. ;) You have to separate your character's pathos from your own enough to make them separate, but they're ultimately bits and pieces of yourself you let go and then they become more than just you if the character "works". Sometimes characters "write themselves", other times it's like trying to push a front-wheel drive car out of the snow. You spin your wheels, but usually get nowhere without an outside push. On the other hand, I finished only a few very short stories completely, so I might be talking out of my ass... :P It’s somewhere I get stuck with when writing, too. You’re supposed to write what you know/research, but if you’re feeling particularly “I don’t know” about anything in your life, it can inhibit writing.

On the other hand, writing can be an escape, a fantasy… but then you may end up envying your own creations. ;) You have to separate your character’s pathos from your own enough to make them separate, but they’re ultimately bits and pieces of yourself you let go and then they become more than just you if the character “works”.

Sometimes characters “write themselves”, other times it’s like trying to push a front-wheel drive car out of the snow. You spin your wheels, but usually get nowhere without an outside push.

On the other hand, I finished only a few very short stories completely, so I might be talking out of my ass… :P

]]> By: ronald http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400&cpage=1#comment-297482 ronald Wed, 27 Mar 2019 03:44:13 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400#comment-297482 I'm no longer even sure what Bruno's problems are at this juncture. I’m no longer even sure what Bruno’s problems are at this juncture.

]]> By: Christopher http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400&cpage=1#comment-297481 Christopher Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:04:02 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400#comment-297481 Ouch! ;-) Ouch! ;-)

]]> By: Rexhinalt http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400&cpage=1#comment-297480 Rexhinalt Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:03:04 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400#comment-297480 Is this your character speaking, or is she just channeling your readers? ;) Is this your character speaking, or is she just channeling your readers? ;)

]]> By: Peter Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400&cpage=1#comment-297479 Peter Rogan Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:44:31 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=7400#comment-297479 See my comment for March 2, 2019. See my comment for March 2, 2019.

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