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osprey_archer ([personal profile] osprey_archer) wrote2011-02-05 05:53 pm
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You guys! You guys! Here is a website of pictures of adorable baby animals!

You may want to save it for a stressful day. Because it will melt you into a puddle of cute.

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Also, a meme: Name a character I've written about, and I will tell you three things that I think are essential to keep in mind when writing that character.

Re: meme

[identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
1. She's a horrible person. You'd think this wouldn't be hard to remember - it's in her name! - but it's hard to resist the urge to soften her up a little, make her a little more sympathetic, because it's painful to read (or write) about a thoroughly horrible person.

2. Part of the reason she's such a horrible person is that she really doesn't get other people. She tries to control them through threats, blackmail and bribery because she doesn't have the social skills to create any more functional relationship.

This makes her, if not sympathetic, understandable, which obviates any desire to soften her up.

3. She's a monomaniac. Her obsession of the moment should be mentioned early and often.

Re: meme

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Fascinating! Thank you! What you say about her not getting other people and how this fact makes her sympathetic, etc.--is so true. And I agree! You don't want to soften her.

I love your insights.