To be honest it sounds like we have very similar reading/writing styles. My fantasy novel is basically entirely about three relationships and how they intertwine and develop, how a couple manages to take a relatively isolated and innocent woman and their actions/reactions/life in trying to save themselves and their world turn her into this evil super witch. Other stuff happens, mainly because otherwise I wouldn't have a book, but for me it's all about their relationships developing. Making decisions that they don't even know will have the ramifications that they do, and then reading back through it and seeing exactly where they went wrong.
Even in my Twisted Tales it's about the people and their reactions. I hate stories where you could inject
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A lot of hit and miss roleplays. I roleplayed on a forum first which separated it's roleplays by abilities. Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Hardcore. I spent a lot of time flitting between advanced and hardcore, but it was judged by word-count, so I was writing 3000-word posts, but finding myself so bored. And skimming through my own posts when I was replying, let alone their replies. I almost gave up on it entirely, because I found that the characters were lost amongst the filler. And trying to write 3000 words when all you want to do is focus on an immediate reply to dialogue, or try and write a natural conversation...it takes the fun out. And rids you the chance of any dynamic between the characters because there's so story much between their …show more content…
Seeing the world through different eyes, figuring out their reaction, having them change and evolve based on their interactions with a whole other character that I have no control over. It's incredible. Especially delving into characters with whom I share no traits, and adequately exploring nuances of an entirely different outlook/thought process. Word count went out the window.
Though it's actually a little scary, I'm finding Hannah one of the easiest of my characters to relate too. I have a really bubbly, outgoing, popular, social and bright eyed girl...and she's completely alien for me to write. I have to consciously overthink her every interaction she has! I don't like to think what that says about me as a person! She is my biggest challenge and she's probably the most socially 'normal' of all my characters. ^-^
Basically writing for me is; these are the characters I want. This is where they start. This is where they end. I write all their