OTOH, when I'm writing about other aspects of Sam, she flows quite well. Or maybe I just think she does.
Hee! See! That's what I'm talkin' about. I think I overanalyze and wonder if she's *too* easy. (which come to think of it, may be a Samantha-like trait. Maybe we're channeling her after all!)
I haven't yet managed to write real introspection with him, though.
Yes, am I weird for being so fascinated by it? I mean, an eyebrow says SO MUCH!
And again, word with Jack, who I want to get right and am reluctant to imagine that I can.
Sometimes he comes out easier than I think if trying to do his perspective, but fear is a big barrier. Also other times...like "Flights of Ingenuity" was supposed to be Jack's POV. It was another exercise to write his voice, but it never worked. As soon as I switched to Teal'c's pov, that story clicked for me. I think it was the right choice, but I also wonder if because Teal'c *is* easy for me, I gave up too soon.
I don't know, Jack's voice...when it's right, you know it, when it's wrong you know it, but trying to analyze how and what makes it that way...that's the question.
I'm interested in your saying you can't write Mitchell or Vala (as opposed to just never trying Jonas). If you don't mind saying, what do you think made them not "click" for you? Personal disconnect to S9 & 10? Their voices not sounding unique? Spreading the squee has been a curiosity factor as much as anything else, and I *do* genuinely love Cameron. He sold me at "Bullets bounce" into the like camp.
Multi-version team love is just how I roll. :-D
One other thing you're very good at, Aurora, is writing original characters and their perceptions of the team. You get that distant voice right.
Aw, thank you. I do love exploring outsider POV because to me it ironically makes the team more like real people. Others have lives and interests that may or may not intersect theirs. I don't know if it's a cheat because we have that somewhat already from the show though. That too comes naturally to me so I wasn't really thinking of it as a "p of v" per se.
I agree that it's not wise to try and create a "complete" list of authors with good character voices
Oh, I wouldn't dare to try for complete. ;-) Just thinking of listing a couple for each, but it is all subjective and even doing those couple I'd angst too much, so I figured I'd just dartboard myself. Heh.
It's funny you bring up Random, because I was thinking about her writing style in wondering about my view on the character voices. I love Random's stories. Her plot and characterization are extremely complex and rich. However, she writes Daniel and Jack in no way like I see them in my head. She focuses on aspects I would "peripherize" (it *could* be a word) in writing, and passes over other character traits that I would go after with an anvil. And yet even though it's not my perception of Jack and Daniel, her characterization is still recognizable to the show canon.
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Date: 2009-03-11 09:44 pm (UTC)Hee! See! That's what I'm talkin' about. I think I overanalyze and wonder if she's *too* easy. (which come to think of it, may be a Samantha-like trait. Maybe we're channeling her after all!)
I haven't yet managed to write real introspection with him, though.
Yes, am I weird for being so fascinated by it? I mean, an eyebrow says SO MUCH!
And again, word with Jack, who I want to get right and am reluctant to imagine that I can.
Sometimes he comes out easier than I think if trying to do his perspective, but fear is a big barrier. Also other times...like "Flights of Ingenuity" was supposed to be Jack's POV. It was another exercise to write his voice, but it never worked. As soon as I switched to Teal'c's pov, that story clicked for me. I think it was the right choice, but I also wonder if because Teal'c *is* easy for me, I gave up too soon.
I don't know, Jack's voice...when it's right, you know it, when it's wrong you know it, but trying to analyze how and what makes it that way...that's the question.
I'm interested in your saying you can't write Mitchell or Vala (as opposed to just never trying Jonas). If you don't mind saying, what do you think made them not "click" for you? Personal disconnect to S9 & 10? Their voices not sounding unique? Spreading the squee has been a curiosity factor as much as anything else, and I *do* genuinely love Cameron. He sold me at "Bullets bounce" into the like camp.
Multi-version team love is just how I roll. :-D
One other thing you're very good at, Aurora, is writing original characters and their perceptions of the team. You get that distant voice right.
Aw, thank you. I do love exploring outsider POV because to me it ironically makes the team more like real people. Others have lives and interests that may or may not intersect theirs. I don't know if it's a cheat because we have that somewhat already from the show though. That too comes naturally to me so I wasn't really thinking of it as a "p of v" per se.
I agree that it's not wise to try and create a "complete" list of authors with good character voices
Oh, I wouldn't dare to try for complete. ;-) Just thinking of listing a couple for each, but it is all subjective and even doing those couple I'd angst too much, so I figured I'd just dartboard myself. Heh.
It's funny you bring up Random, because I was thinking about her writing style in wondering about my view on the character voices. I love Random's stories. Her plot and characterization are extremely complex and rich. However, she writes Daniel and Jack in no way like I see them in my head. She focuses on aspects I would "peripherize" (it *could* be a word) in writing, and passes over other character traits that I would go after with an anvil. And yet even though it's not my perception of Jack and Daniel, her characterization is still recognizable to the show canon.