tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674022849066491351.post7481360246739194162..comments2018-03-27T23:54:05.177-07:00Comments on William's Cool Writing School: Self Inserts and the ForgettablesWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13995775027363367307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674022849066491351.post-61750996387567839002010-08-20T20:08:25.749-07:002010-08-20T20:08:25.749-07:00Not all main characters are the author, though! Ro...Not all main characters are the author, though! Rowling mentioned once that Hermione is actually the closest thing to her self-insert, for example. Bits of the author leak into all the characters, but the author is none of them entirely, unless they make a point to write themselves in. And then they usually make it easy by using their real names.<br /><br />Flat, boring characters annoy me, especially if that character goes out and does really exciting things. I read this one awful book called The Golden Apples (I think), and the first 3/4ths of the book were the adolescent hero angsting about having antlers. And the last 1/3rd was him going out on this obstacle-course adventure and it rocked. But you could tell that the author just dribbled out the first 3/4ths "because they were writing a book".Kessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019626781634777336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674022849066491351.post-20896842733526319672010-08-16T09:12:12.629-07:002010-08-16T09:12:12.629-07:00I always now wonder when I start a book which pers...I always now wonder when I start a book which person is the author. Once you start looking you can see them. I would even say that in Harry Potter J.K. Rowling is Harry,but you know that is just me. I guess would you say that in all 'I' books the whole book is about the author?<br />I started reading a book and the author I think has presented herself and rich, short but skinny, 52 and owns a stitching store that makes money and she is getting ready to solve a mystery.<br />It could be me I thought reading it if I wrote fiction. Scary huh? It makes me want to see what the author looks like.Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674022849066491351.post-88962865462555231792010-08-16T08:18:57.456-07:002010-08-16T08:18:57.456-07:00Hehe. You might be a redneck...
I know my mom wil...Hehe. You might be a redneck...<br /><br />I know my mom will read the last chapter of a book first, just to see if she can stand the characters. If she can, she goes back and reads from the beginning. It always bugged me, but after this post it all makes sense...Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392778734716743812noreply@blogger.com