It's WRONG, Is All
Jun. 30th, 2010 02:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyAn Open Letter To Disgruntled Authors
Please quit hammering on about how your characters are like your children. I realize that your characters are important to you, with a bond that cannot be understood by outsiders, but dammit your simile’s just inaccurate. I have read your books. I know what you do to those poor dopes. Your book is not a nurturing environment.
Therefore, when I hear you say they’re like your children, it makes me want to call child protective services.
C’mon—you can come up with a better comparison. You’re writers. I’m sure you’ll think of something.
Please quit hammering on about how your characters are like your children. I realize that your characters are important to you, with a bond that cannot be understood by outsiders, but dammit your simile’s just inaccurate. I have read your books. I know what you do to those poor dopes. Your book is not a nurturing environment.
Therefore, when I hear you say they’re like your children, it makes me want to call child protective services.
C’mon—you can come up with a better comparison. You’re writers. I’m sure you’ll think of something.
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Date: 2010-06-30 04:54 pm (UTC)But with characters I feel more like an awkward god... or a gardener thing, though I've no experience with gardening. I plant ideas, then sit back and let them grow themselves without adding too much direction to them. I don't often pull weeds, 'cause I find them to be just as interesting as the other plants, even if said weeds eventually kill the other stuff off. For the Greater Good.
DERP FACE.