tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post8190847705695347688..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Baby is eating my brainMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-84607234630203435252009-09-11T18:38:30.628-04:002009-09-11T18:38:30.628-04:00I see you point, Molly, but I see Stephanie's,...I see you point, Molly, but I see Stephanie's, too. We can totally neuter our main characters by trying to keep them likable.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-58008398813527942352009-09-11T17:24:45.942-04:002009-09-11T17:24:45.942-04:00I can't believe you're having a baby in tw...I can't believe you're having a baby in two weeks --- that's crazy.<br /><br />I think you have to remember that the audience loves Eric because he's a third season development. The non-writer world needed boring bill and earnest sookie to get them into this show - A vampire who hated being a vampire.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-10829158433781072802009-09-11T15:11:01.645-04:002009-09-11T15:11:01.645-04:00Sinead! Good luck with the baby. My friend is also...Sinead! Good luck with the baby. My friend is also counting down the last two weeks so I see how tough it is.<br /><br />And Eileen - I think the idea is to have as much fun with the hero/heroine as we do with the side characters. <br /><br />True Blood could learn from this. I watch only for Sam, Jason, Eric, Lafayette, Tara etc.<br /><br />I think we're so worried about making heroes/heroines "right" - which means likeable, empathetic, alpha whatever the sterotypes are that we forget they should be flawed and quirky too.Stephanie Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448686465587131952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-41564495893505175192009-09-11T12:56:33.359-04:002009-09-11T12:56:33.359-04:00LMAO at this "A man less than nine episodes a...LMAO at this "A man less than nine episodes ago, went into the basement wearing foils in his hair, and flip flops and proceeded to tear apart one of his captives."<br /><br />I was thinking about that yesterday... The fact we were all drooling over a guy who threw a severed arm (or leg? I might have looked away) he'd just torn off a living person, at Lafayette, while wearing highlight foils and flip flops... <br /><br />Are we sick or what?<br /><br />But I agree that we need to commit to alpha male characters and not have them go all mushy right off the bat. That's not what readers want. It's clearly not what we all want. LOL.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-58158070151849423272009-09-11T12:41:35.969-04:002009-09-11T12:41:35.969-04:00Two weeks! Only two weeks! I better get crocheting...Two weeks! Only two weeks! I better get crocheting fast!!<br /><br />I do think it's hard to keep our heroes and heroines interesting. It's so much more fun with secondary characters. They can be much more flawed and quirky.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.com