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 10:52 pm (UTC)Well, we created them, so the bond is very strong. I tell people that I could understand a loving god who lets bad things happen if he were an author. You love 'em, but that doesn't stop you from putting them through hell.