tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post7159372244965141350..comments2023-05-30T04:55:18.889-05:00Comments on A Writer's Blog: ConnectionsScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905515473737579937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-1166769369320234842009-08-25T13:41:30.787-05:002009-08-25T13:41:30.787-05:00Very true. How many people are you friends with th...Very true. How many people are you friends with that upon first impression you thought you'd never like? It happens to me all the time. With writing, we just need to make sure we give our characters reasons to become friends--especially if they're unlikely to become friends without certain experiences, etc.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-29025494590830107042009-08-25T13:16:29.452-05:002009-08-25T13:16:29.452-05:00Marybeth - as long as there is something that conn...Marybeth - as long as there is something that connects them. <br /><br />Michelle - I think it was the surface view that struck me as odd. For all I know, they could have tons in common. It was also interesting that I could pick out the leader of the group.<br /><br />Davin - I think the mismatch works thingy works, as long as the connection between the characters is established, and the dynamics of the relationship as well.<br /><br />I guess pretty much what I was trying to say with this post is, if the connections don't make sense to the writer, they're not going to make sense to the reader. When I did my character spreadsheet for one project, I made sure to list how long the different members of the group had been friends, as well as how each member fit into the group. I made sure to mention this somewhere in the project as well. Sometimes, disparate individuals come together and form an unlikely friendship! ; )<br /><br />SScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905515473737579937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-15648381291707190092009-08-25T11:15:30.605-05:002009-08-25T11:15:30.605-05:00I love it when I find strange groups like that! Th...I love it when I find strange groups like that! They really get me inspired too. Once I was eating in a greasy spoon, and in the booth next to me was a father and two twenty-something siblings. The siblings were sobbing the entire time, and the father was listening very attentively. To this day I think back on that and try to make sense of what I was witnessing. I like it when the people grouped together are initially a mismatch, or at least they seem to be so until you get to know them better.Davin Malasarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385823575081492949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-35288017117407510292009-08-25T09:12:59.101-05:002009-08-25T09:12:59.101-05:00I like it when I see things or people that on the ...I like it when I see things or people that on the surface don't appear to be connected in a logical way. There's more of a story there. I tend to remember them better for later.<br /><br />My favorite example was a biker dude in Wal-mart. All decked out in the leather and what have you, he was opening bottles of laundry detergent and sniffing each one, deciding which to buy. Priceless character moment.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192888587472646161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-37975683758341597242009-08-25T08:02:56.535-05:002009-08-25T08:02:56.535-05:00I like to make unlikely characters become friends....I like to make unlikely characters become friends. But I'm a rebel like that ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283503033516504436noreply@blogger.com