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30 Jun 2002 06:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimorenei dislike the affectation that characters speak to writers.
now, i personally haven't experienced this, but among the hordes of people who say figuratively that their characters "insist" on doing such-and-so a thing that they hadn't planned, are a few kooks who, when pressed, insist that, yes, the characters really do TALK to them. "he knows what he wants, and i say, 'say "x," dammit!' and he just says 'nooooo.'"
this whole idea irritates the hell out of me. i can't figure out if they're really deluded enough to believe the characters are somehow real, or if they just absolutely REFUSE to utter the word "metaphor" for feel of stifling their creativity.
now, i personally haven't experienced this, but among the hordes of people who say figuratively that their characters "insist" on doing such-and-so a thing that they hadn't planned, are a few kooks who, when pressed, insist that, yes, the characters really do TALK to them. "he knows what he wants, and i say, 'say "x," dammit!' and he just says 'nooooo.'"
this whole idea irritates the hell out of me. i can't figure out if they're really deluded enough to believe the characters are somehow real, or if they just absolutely REFUSE to utter the word "metaphor" for feel of stifling their creativity.
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huh.
Date: 30 Jun 2002 05:17 pm (UTC)