tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637035864156536177.post3017483330978402184..comments2024-03-11T03:04:52.544-05:00Comments on All Things Writing: Emotional Attachments and Your Characters: Doing it the George R. R. Martin WayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01969128607361895190noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637035864156536177.post-11971203688270684072013-06-21T07:20:19.147-05:002013-06-21T07:20:19.147-05:00Absolutely. For me, the three main points I'd ...Absolutely. For me, the three main points I'd make from his writing are:<br /><br />1. Make sure your 'bad guys' are memorably horrible (this doesn't mean 'splatter', it can be entirely cerebral)<br /><br />2. Work to create a 'history' for your characters with traditions, sayings, songs, superstitions etc.<br /><br />3. Never be afraid to kill off a hero. If your readers know that the hero will overcome and survive, they know the ending.<br /><br />Mr Martin's dialogue is excellent but, IMHO, RD Wingfield's is even better. Even if you don't particularly like the genre or struggle to relate to the 'Britishness' of his books, you'll still enjoy them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16659028701089523574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637035864156536177.post-26753086271507305322013-06-18T11:07:43.983-05:002013-06-18T11:07:43.983-05:00But there is the other side of the coin you may lo...But there is the other side of the coin you may lose a reader of your work. I am still upset with his book 4. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637035864156536177.post-70178439540751728052013-06-18T09:56:13.350-05:002013-06-18T09:56:13.350-05:00Thanks for the tips! I definitely agree with them,...Thanks for the tips! I definitely agree with them, especially the part about getting your characters to fall in love for the wrong reasons and making them the right ones. I recently read a book where the character fell in love for the wrong reasons, but the problem was the author didn't do a good job of turning those reasons into the right ones. Instead, she kept including descriptions of how much the character loved the guy; she kept saying how there was no doubt in her mind that he was the one. But all I had in my mind when I read their love story was doubt, which made it difficult to enjoy the story. Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.com