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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 20, 2013, 11:39:10 PM ---How do you go about choosing names for characters?
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I generally choose names I like so this way I'll remember them. Sometimes I'll use names of people I know but most times it's just likable names for me.
mare:
For you, which genre is easiest to write and which do you find the most difficult?
usako:
--- Quote from: mare on June 23, 2013, 05:02:39 AM ---For you, which genre is easiest to write and which do you find the most difficult?
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Easiest: angst :D If I don't add something dramatic, I'm not happy. To me, angst and drama are the perfect ways to make the characters grow and evolve.
Most difficult? I guess plain romance. I've tried but, apart from some shorts, I'm not able to write fluff without adding something as drama or angst.
RokofAges75:
For me, the easiest is drama with a hint of romance. My dramas tend to focus mainly on one or two characters, instead of the whole group and more, which helps to simplify the storylines. I think it's easier when you have fewer characters and subplots or interwoven storylines to keep track of. Also, drama/romance seems to be more straight-forward, not as many twists and turns in the storyline. It's easy to plot.
That said, the hardest genre I've written in enough to know is suspense. I love suspense, but writing it is a challenge. My suspense stories often have multiple storylines woven together, involving a variety of characters I have to keep track of, and I usually try to throw some twists in there to keep people guessing. It's hard for me to avoid it being predictable and to avoid plot holes, because it has to come together seamlessly. I am an outliner, which works well for drama/romance, but doesn't always lend itself to suspense. When you're trying to keep people guessing, you don't want to get set in one direction; you want the freedom to be able to change it up. I am not a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants writer, though; that's how I get writer's block, when I don't know what comes next. That's why suspense is a fun challenge for me.
Carter-Orange:
Easiest would have to be horror or romance, I can't decide between the two LOL
Hardest is probably angst for me. I'm just not an angsty person, although I do like to read it.
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