tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post2252398233184895379..comments2024-03-05T11:26:21.204-06:00Comments on All the World's Our Page: Careful, Or You’ll End Up In My NovelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-39441797108477922732010-02-19T09:45:13.813-06:002010-02-19T09:45:13.813-06:00Those are some awful neighbours! If I had an examp...Those are some awful neighbours! If I had an example like that I'm sure they'd end up in a story somewhere. But while I've taken bits and pieces of character traits, I don't think I've ever overtly written anyone in.<br />Real life characters aplenty, though. Claudius, Pliny, Queen Isabella, Columbus (well, so far just his ship!), possibly Katherine of Aragon (at age 5!)... Maybe even more to come, once I reach Istanbul :-)Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-8585098499154712752010-02-17T01:10:20.017-06:002010-02-17T01:10:20.017-06:00My entire writing adventure has been self-therapy....My entire writing adventure has been self-therapy. Probably why I'm not sure if I dare let it escape from my frenzied clutches. People I know, people I've met, people I'm related to... I hope that with most of them I've mixed and matched and made up enough totally different details that I don't have any perfect matches that show to someone else, but what if I'm blind to my own writing faults? <br /><br />As for the nuts and flakes in the family bowl of granola? Yeah, I've got 'em, and I'm pretty flaky, too. ;-) Probably a good thing. "Different" seems easier to make interesting. Or maybe that's because I think Normal is merely a fictional concept.<br /><br />Best to all!<br />GretchenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-19474082497882456552010-02-16T07:39:16.473-06:002010-02-16T07:39:16.473-06:00I want that sweater! Hehe.
Cough, I think you al...I want that sweater! Hehe. <br /><br />Cough, I think you all know I put my friends names in my stories. :) But I never put their personalities in there for the reasons you stated. Family, either. ;) However, I HAVE noticed that family members sneak in unawares. Heh, my sister pointed out glaring similarities the relationship my character has with her sisters. Heh. <br /><br />Rach-- I did the exact same thing in Petal. Evil wink. Very therapeutic too.Kristen Callihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448274676402616525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2274987097756433491.post-21372125053948173482010-02-16T03:57:13.723-06:002010-02-16T03:57:13.723-06:00Jen, you surely have the neighbours from hell. Can...Jen, you surely have the neighbours from hell. Can you borrow someone's really loud, sleep-resistant toddler for a night or two, to give them a taste of their own medicine? LOL.<br /><br />As for lifting characters from real life ... oh yes. I have a couple of real historical characters in my MS - Napoleon III and his bastard, half-brother, the Duc de Morny. <br /><br />And then I have one minor, fictional character who is pretty much based on a certain person I know. One of the crack-pots in the family that you mentioned. A little bit of revenge, shall we say. And the beauty is that while this person is so self-deluded that he/she will never spot themselves in my book, a few family members who have been at the sharp end of his/her craziness certainly will. And we will all quietly enjoy the fact that this person finally gets their (fictional) comeuppance. (G)<br /><br /> Writing is so much cheaper than therapy. :-)Rachel Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406943046329566026noreply@blogger.com