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for the answer, I don't really give any emphasis about anti heroes, villains, heroes and whatnot. I just seek the story for the appeal of the characters, whether these characters belong to a peculiar type or not, it doesn't matter. My fascinations was more about their respective characters and personalities, not their roles.

what kind of character do I enjoy, well I think what's really amazing was not the initial trait the character has, or even their development, but how the authors present their characters. You could just have a normal person acting in daily life situations that's ordinary and still achieve a masterpiece, so to say~

about the most important thing about the characters was probably how they really touched you deep inside, making them really close to you, either as your friend, or as an enemy.



everyone's entitled to their own opinion. for me. human emotions are really complex, even in real life, people do things that doesn't make sense a lot of times, if you try to looking at it in logical manner about 'how humans were supposed to act, and how their common sense should work' and try exploring more in depth, you could see that your peculiar views might come from personal bias. maybe you want to say instead, 'the characters that doesn't act naturally or even logically' according to your perspective.

though I have to say, sticking to just the logical type of stories and the belief that everything must make sense was the main limiting factor to boot. when you're talking about the strangeness of reality, not all of these would seem logical, and thus we have postmodernism, surrealism, and absurdist fiction to talk 'bout these issues. just my two cents.

the stories, to me, are a form of art, and not all form of art could be understood, and even be enjoyed, but that doesn't mean we couldn't appreciate the efforts put into the making of the works and we should just diss it whether we came across something that doesn't really click with ourselves.

fictional characters, at one aspect, could be viewed as a person, and whether someone hates or dislikes a peculiar person or character was completely subjective. and not all of the characters created was supposed to be the ones that people really liked, it depends on how the authors want to present it. what really makes me impressed was that, no matter how bland, boring, dull, and uninspired the characters are, it's really interesting to see people flashing out these characters and presenting them as they are, just as a medium of self-expression.

sure I'm not a psychologist at all, but the characters aspect is the one of the things that fascinates me the most whilst enjoying the stories, and I'm sorry if my ideas didn't really stick with you. not really trying to attack your views but I'm just saying what I think~

Uh oh advanced talk here. I don't even know what are 2D and 3D characters. Low tier author I am.

glad that I could somehow help, pardon me if my opinions somehow clashed with your own and someone else's, but I'll try my best to put it in a way that would be somehow freed from my personal bias =D

ya totes

Lmfao.

I try to work on both, but mostly focused on the characters, I think.



the insane ones had interesting developments yeah, but well, some of these end up to be unnatural and bland, not really easy to tinker with the insane ones. I usually try to flesh out the usual ones before trying to work out on some person with peculiar disorders~

I can't edit posts! I hope that is just temporary! Yes it is temporary!



That said Shark, I think I have shared with you that I am not really a writer but I use writing as a medium to entertain myself.
I have some preferences to what I like to read, mainly non-fiction, good and concise exposition and a very clear and simple narrative. (The complete antithesis to what I post in these forums!)

Two users, you included, have shared with me some of Edgar Allan Poe's work. Since I can't say anything bad about an acclaimed writer, the only thing I will say is I would really like to read a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's work.

Why can't he describe what it feels like to suffer from constipation or reading one of Leonard267's work?!

I realise that my work is similar in some ways to Poe's work. No wonder I don't derive pleasure by re-reading what I have written!

For those who want a more simpler explanation:

I like to read simple work but insist on coming up with anything that is not simple.

Advanced talk indeed. I prefer to just let things flow.

pretty neat, so I say. though not so insane, I guess, more like overly-paranoid.

I think, the impression of an insane person could be made by making them hide the majority of their insanity in a somewhat subtle way, like they got the impression of restraining something huge and malicious, couldn't really put my finger around it but that's the stuff which kinda clicks with me, somewhat~

This monologue sounds good if it were uttered out. I would personally prefer it in third person especially if it is a minor character in a narrative.

I would write it as:

"His paranoia mutated into insanity as he became convinced that they were after his life. He begun playing bizarre scenes in his mind. "Should I kill them this way? Will the police find out? In which order should I take them down?" These were the thoughts that preoccupied him that instant.

Again, this is just my personal taste in writing.

I think the monologue will be really good in your voice, I also like how the descriptions for the minor characters would be put as concise as possible for the readers to focus on what's going on:

If I were to write the scene, let's see....

"I smell the scent of tin bones outta the air. Time to pack some blood down my intestines to make myself more corpulent. Oh right, these enemies, who the fuck are they? Ah okay, maybe it's time to rip their bodies open before they act first? Sounds good....it's really good. The scent of blood, it's turning me on like pornography, even better, because bones."

oh wait...lol

Don't give me ideas! The people at the Voice of Eden are irate as they are!

The problem I have with using a first person approach for madmen is that you can't expect madmen to tell you a coherent story.

Put it in a silly story though and I think it will work.

ah indeed, I guess at your case it's better if we stick to third person narratives so the readers and listeners would be able to understand things better

It is really just my taste in reading though I have heard that there are other stories where insane men are the protagonists. I am not sure if they are written in first person though.

I think you have other ideas pertaining to this High?

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edit: annnnnnd unlocked by OP request.

Cinia, this is the last time, next time just make a new thread.

Jeez Waar, y u so stingy.

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Ahem

I hereby declare the revival of the original Fakku Writers' Lounge.

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Happy days, though sad to see the previous one go, and this one before that. Nice that it's unlocked now.

In case any CTFG frequenters are interested, the Winter Writing Contest for the year 2013 is going on in the Writing and Fanfiction section. You can find the link on the picture in my signature. Thank you.

just finished More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon, it was a really mind-blowing read, though the ending truly left me unsatisfied. one of the best psychological stories I've recently read, and even though the writing's kinda hard to follow, it's truly well-written. it got quite the unique style of writing which combines detailed, flowing narratives and poetic finesse.

the story premise was also one of the fresh thing which came to me about the next step of human evolution and what defines humanity and such. but what really impressed me the most was about how the Author managed to create such memorable characters. I felt like, yeah, the character development in this one was fantastic.

well, I can see why Kurt Vonnegut was a big fan of his work, the man who was immortalized as the fictional Author Kilgore Trout =)