Thinking about characters
Nov. 2nd, 2023 07:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lloigor I think that one of the reasons that I stopped is that I felt the characters were, well, fantasies. I think that this comes back to the commercial need to make the protagonists tall and handsome with square jaws and upright moral standards. The female leads all had to be smart, hot women who are strong and independent yet submissive to the protagonist.
In other words, even in fantasy, the stereotypes of "heros and heroines" hold sway.
I am going to be thinking hard about this. How do I make the characters more interesting? How do I integrate some serious character flaws and make these folks more real than the cardboard characters that my current dyspepsic view of them holds?
So, right now I am going to spend time reading about Aleister Crowley and looking into some of the nasty folks who populate the hinterlands between the normies and the odd folks that should be better represented in the book.
Gimme a bit to think about this. Luckily, Oregon is heading into a ten day rainy spell and I am going to be stuck inside more than I would prefer.
In other words, even in fantasy, the stereotypes of "heros and heroines" hold sway.
I am going to be thinking hard about this. How do I make the characters more interesting? How do I integrate some serious character flaws and make these folks more real than the cardboard characters that my current dyspepsic view of them holds?
So, right now I am going to spend time reading about Aleister Crowley and looking into some of the nasty folks who populate the hinterlands between the normies and the odd folks that should be better represented in the book.
Gimme a bit to think about this. Luckily, Oregon is heading into a ten day rainy spell and I am going to be stuck inside more than I would prefer.
