tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post3074263568668606230..comments2023-09-16T05:02:59.946-07:00Comments on Heroines with Hearts: Do your characters surprise you? Debra St. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-55284163659181160282014-10-02T06:42:41.774-07:002014-10-02T06:42:41.774-07:00It's great when something like that happens, i...It's great when something like that happens, isn't it? Almost as if the characters knew it all along but were waiting for the right time to tell you! Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-14075373117440051192014-10-01T17:21:49.079-07:002014-10-01T17:21:49.079-07:00My biggest surprise was when I was almost finished...My biggest surprise was when I was almost finished with my original draft of my WIP. The heroine returns home after a brutal ordeal and learns the man she thought was her father is not her father. I had no idea this was emerging--or even important. As soon as the scene between heroine and read father "wrote itself," I knew I would have to rewrite the story. <br />Ana Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325215832587691886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-30684522773964719952014-10-01T13:59:52.349-07:002014-10-01T13:59:52.349-07:00It's fun when the characters do that, isn'...It's fun when the characters do that, isn't it, Tonette? They talk and we simply write down what they're saying! And often that kind of conversation is one of the best parts of the story, and comes over better than other conversations over which we've agonised. Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-22506253815599686182014-10-01T13:41:47.798-07:002014-10-01T13:41:47.798-07:00Thanks for the mention, Paula! My biggest surprise...Thanks for the mention, Paula! My biggest surprise has been a full, real conversation , normal , civilized bickering, between a husband and wife that I simply never planned to write.I couldn't type fast enough as they kept answering each other too quickly!<br />Tonette Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282619985489614075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-53821690139533200982014-10-01T11:59:20.907-07:002014-10-01T11:59:20.907-07:00Yes, that's a similar thing. My characters do ...Yes, that's a similar thing. My characters do the same, and sometimes I have to haul them back! I was thinking more of the times when they do or say something that I didn't know about! Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-38903987321618129542014-10-01T10:48:30.600-07:002014-10-01T10:48:30.600-07:00This is a really interesting post, Paula. I starte...This is a really interesting post, Paula. I started reading it with the idea that, no, I don't think my characters surprise me. But the more I read what you wrote and the ways in which your characters surprise you, the more I realized that it happens to me too. I just haven't really noticed it at the time. But they do go off in different directions than I had anticipated at the time and I think that's kind of the same thing.JENNIFER WILCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16218241106543538422noreply@blogger.com