My first thought is while I know who I fine the easiest to write, that has little to do with who I might write most successfully. ;) Only the reader can tell me that, and it's pretty subjective as characterization takes a lot of twists and turns out there.
That's the rub. Sometimes, but not always, the story that flows easily is often the most "successful", which can be very surprising when authors bleed, sweat and toil over others. Other times it has no bearing. I disagree that "only" the reader could determine sucess, but it is an important gauge that you as author have communicated a character so it's recognizable to your audience as the same one they know.
Because that's the trick unique to fanfic. It's not just writing your characters/your plots/taking people on your journey. With fanfic, you're taking a concept and characters brought to life already by others and putting them in new adventures and having it be "true" to what other people have observed.
I identify most with Daniel, and I find him the easiest to write. I usually have a pretty clear idea of what I think Daniel would think in a given situation. Whether I'm correct about that is something entirely different.
Right. That goes into what some people were discussing above. Sometimes that makes it easier for people to write characters, sometimes harder. I identify the most with Daniel and Sam...but sometimes I find them the hardest to write, partly for that reason. I'm comfortable with them, but not objective.
One of the more cringeworthy attempts I did with Daniel was when I made the characters tell the story "I" wanted, not created the scenario and followed his lead as to the "how" naturally. It...worked, but kind of clunkily (imho)
I'm fine with Jack when it's adventure or comedy, but I have a lot more trouble when it's serious. I make him talk to much, or at least I did in a story I'm working on currently. I had to cut out a big chunk of his dialogue and give most of the rest of it to Sam.
Oh, interesting. I'm more comfortable with serious or command Jack, and have a harder time with him in comedy. But yes, there's a danger to having Jack talk too much. He measures what he says more than Teal'c in some ways.
Sam has a very bright sense of humor, but her snark is more underplayed, I can see her voice not being as strong as more overt humorous ones.
Part of it's that I just seem to have trouble writing female characters--beyond weird, I know, what with me being female and all. I have even more trouble writing Janet.
When I was saying about Sam being "the girl", I meant that she's a blond chick and I'm a blond chick and thus I could relate to her but hoped I wouldn't self-insert with her. But I tend to view each character individually--I've never thought about it in terms of writing female characters rather than male. But that gets into a whole 'nother kettle of fish regarding mysogyny in fandom.
Poor Teal'c has a tendency to get wallpapered especially in canon. But he's the perfect straight man and rich with fodder for me. I'm not sure what the "rules" of Teal'c are, but he can be intimidating.
Re: Cam's accent. I don't focus as much on the accent...although I admit, Cam's voice sounds clear in my head, so it's hard for me to judge. You definitely don't want to caricature that.
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Date: 2009-03-12 03:16 pm (UTC)That's the rub. Sometimes, but not always, the story that flows easily is often the most "successful", which can be very surprising when authors bleed, sweat and toil over others. Other times it has no bearing. I disagree that "only" the reader could determine sucess, but it is an important gauge that you as author have communicated a character so it's recognizable to your audience as the same one they know.
Because that's the trick unique to fanfic. It's not just writing your characters/your plots/taking people on your journey. With fanfic, you're taking a concept and characters brought to life already by others and putting them in new adventures and having it be "true" to what other people have observed.
I identify most with Daniel, and I find him the easiest to write. I usually have a pretty clear idea of what I think Daniel would think in a given situation. Whether I'm correct about that is something entirely different.
Right. That goes into what some people were discussing above. Sometimes that makes it easier for people to write characters, sometimes harder. I identify the most with Daniel and Sam...but sometimes I find them the hardest to write, partly for that reason. I'm comfortable with them, but not objective.
One of the more cringeworthy attempts I did with Daniel was when I made the characters tell the story "I" wanted, not created the scenario and followed his lead as to the "how" naturally. It...worked, but kind of clunkily (imho)
I'm fine with Jack when it's adventure or comedy, but I have a lot more trouble when it's serious. I make him talk to much, or at least I did in a story I'm working on currently. I had to cut out a big chunk of his dialogue and give most of the rest of it to Sam.
Oh, interesting. I'm more comfortable with serious or command Jack, and have a harder time with him in comedy. But yes, there's a danger to having Jack talk too much. He measures what he says more than Teal'c in some ways.
Sam has a very bright sense of humor, but her snark is more underplayed, I can see her voice not being as strong as more overt humorous ones.
Part of it's that I just seem to have trouble writing female characters--beyond weird, I know, what with me being female and all. I have even more trouble writing Janet.
When I was saying about Sam being "the girl", I meant that she's a blond chick and I'm a blond chick and thus I could relate to her but hoped I wouldn't self-insert with her. But I tend to view each character individually--I've never thought about it in terms of writing female characters rather than male. But that gets into a whole 'nother kettle of fish regarding mysogyny in fandom.
Poor Teal'c has a tendency to get wallpapered especially in canon. But he's the perfect straight man and rich with fodder for me. I'm not sure what the "rules" of Teal'c are, but he can be intimidating.
Re: Cam's accent.
I don't focus as much on the accent...although I admit, Cam's voice sounds clear in my head, so it's hard for me to judge. You definitely don't want to caricature that.