Fiction Factor article

[ostarella]

Latest article from Fiction Factor, one of the stronger articles I've read:

Does Your Novel Have a Pulse? by Holly Lisle

http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/pulse.html

There are things mentioned in this that might seem hard - or even needless - in fanfic, but then again, part of the enjoyment of fanfic is "fleshing out" the characters, so I think this would still be appropriate (and it "vindicates" certain actions JFM portrayed in "Cabin Fever", damn it :D)

Comments

[beckyblack]

Thanks for that article. I always love Holly Lisle's advice.

(and it "vindicates" certain actions JFM portrayed in "Cabin Fever", damn it :D)

I always say me and Holly Lisle are on the same wavelength. ;-)

It's a challenge in fanfic of course, in a long story, or series to make the characters develop and therefore change to some extent without them ending up OOC by the end. I suppose it's a case that if you can write it so that if they'd acted that way at the start they'd have been OOC, but you've made their development logical in the story so that what they do later is in character for that story, then you've got it right.

As long as the reader can see that character having the potential for that inside them in those circumstances, then it works. As I call it "out of character in an in-character way".

[bevimoo.livejournal.com]

That was a great article, thanks Star. Going to add that to my bookmarks actually, really useful site. :)

[billy-shriner.livejournal.com]

thanks for sharing... She has some good advice. :D Hoping I'll get motivated and start writing soon :D