tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post4035207578992328233..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: Fighting women as main charactersTony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-81184513422988159092013-05-23T09:33:44.554-04:002013-05-23T09:33:44.554-04:00If all that moves us is dudes fighting and girls c...<i>If all that moves us is dudes fighting and girls crying, well, we might not be cut out for writing, nor be needed.</i><br /><br />The world is full of best-selling books that adhere to this model. Cardboard, stock characters, true, but the market for this kind of easily-digested stereotype writing is a strong one.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-81979966799291852462013-05-23T00:32:00.250-04:002013-05-23T00:32:00.250-04:00Lucky me, I've got several of those in my late...Lucky me, I've got several of those in my latest novel! But I still find this argument unmoving. We ought to evaluate what characters we want to write about, not based upon their plausibility, but their appeals into what moves us. We ought to build from there. If all that moves us is dudes fighting and girls crying, well, we might not be cut out for writing, nor be needed.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-24120432769619487582013-05-22T17:20:31.270-04:002013-05-22T17:20:31.270-04:00One must allow their heroes/heroines to emerge whe...One must allow their heroes/heroines to emerge when the time is right! Only you and your characters know for sure when that time is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492500438485341912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-86456222119815561662013-05-22T14:00:51.467-04:002013-05-22T14:00:51.467-04:00sounds good to me the women were key parts of the ...sounds good to me the women were key parts of the war working in factoriesa and other jobs while men went off to warSheilagh Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741333943021570641noreply@blogger.com