Comments on: Influential Characters http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/ about the craft and business of fiction Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: S William Shaw http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1338 S William Shaw Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:40:55 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1338 A character that has influenced my writing has been the big alien cylinder in Clarke's Rama series. It has a sense of wonder and adventure that I enjoy. A character that has influenced my writing has been the big alien cylinder in Clarke’s Rama series. It has a sense of wonder and adventure that I enjoy.

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]]> By: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1337 Therese Walsh Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:26:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1337 Aww, I'd forgotten about Pooh, Brenda, but he influenced me too. I like the idea of doing a post on literary deaths...or maybe characters who became alive for us. How about characters who've influenced the publishing industry: Harry Potter, anyone?  Aww, I’d forgotten about Pooh, Brenda, but he influenced me too.

I like the idea of doing a post on literary deaths…or maybe characters who became alive for us. How about characters who’ve influenced the publishing industry: Harry Potter, anyone? 

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]]> By: Brenda Oig http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1335 Brenda Oig Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:06:07 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1335 Loved your post, Therese. I blogged about it today. Some of my favorite characters are Winnie-the-Pooh, Charlie Bucket, Elizabeth Bennett, Scout Finch and Wilbur from Charlotte's Web. It's amazing how many make-believe people have impacted my life. :) Loved your post, Therese. I blogged about it today. Some of my favorite characters are Winnie-the-Pooh, Charlie Bucket, Elizabeth Bennett, Scout Finch and Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web. It’s amazing how many make-believe people have impacted my life. :)

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]]> By: thea mcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1333 thea mcginnis Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:29:32 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1333 and luke skywalker, hans solo, princess leia and obi wan kenobe. oh, and darth vader, of course. i think these characters resonate with our psyches - who we identify with most, what we dislike most about ourselves and/or others. who we'd really like to be like. they teach us how to be brave, regardless of the cost, how to survive a bad ending; they give us hope. they are the cautionary tale. good, thought-provoking blog today, ter. and luke skywalker, hans solo, princess leia and obi wan kenobe. oh, and darth vader, of course. i think these characters resonate with our psyches – who we identify with most, what we dislike most about ourselves and/or others. who we’d really like to be like. they teach us how to be brave, regardless of the cost, how to survive a bad ending; they give us hope. they are the cautionary tale. good, thought-provoking blog today, ter.

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1332 Kathleen Bolton Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:28:54 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1332 Sidney Carton, Beth March, Jack the faithful bulldog .... maybe in the future we should do a post on literary deaths and how they milked emotion. I definitely sobbed in a few hankies when I was a kid. Sidney Carton, Beth March, Jack the faithful bulldog …. maybe in the future we should do a post on literary deaths and how they milked emotion. I definitely sobbed in a few hankies when I was a kid.

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]]> By: Melissa Marsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1331 Melissa Marsh Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:09:52 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1331 Hmm...most influential characters...well, this may sound weird, but I've always really liked the story of Samson and Delilah in the Bible. Something about Samson just really fascinated me. I don't know that I was necessarily influenced by him... Nancy Drew was a big one for me. I LOVED the thought of becoming a detective and I always like an element of suspense in my novels. RE: Sidney Carton from A TALE OF TWO CITIES - when I watched it on PBS, I prepared myself with a big box of Kleenex because I knew what was going to happen. And oh, how I BAWLED. ;) Hmm…most influential characters…well, this may sound weird, but I’ve always really liked the story of Samson and Delilah in the Bible. Something about Samson just really fascinated me. I don’t know that I was necessarily influenced by him…

Nancy Drew was a big one for me. I LOVED the thought of becoming a detective and I always like an element of suspense in my novels.

RE: Sidney Carton from A TALE OF TWO CITIES – when I watched it on PBS, I prepared myself with a big box of Kleenex because I knew what was going to happen. And oh, how I BAWLED. ;)

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]]> By: Teresa http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1330 Teresa Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:53:02 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1330 Hmmm, well, Scarlett O'Hara and Elizabeth Bennett come to mind immediately, as does Genevra from Susan Howatch's The Wheel of Fortune (a fantastic book, btw). Jo Bettany from Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's Chalet School series is another writer/heroine I loved reading about for years. Hmmm, will have to think more about this :-) Interesting topic! Hmmm, well, Scarlett O’Hara and Elizabeth Bennett come to mind immediately, as does Genevra from Susan Howatch’s The Wheel of Fortune (a fantastic book, btw). Jo Bettany from Elinor M. Brent-Dyer’s Chalet School series is another writer/heroine I loved reading about for years. Hmmm, will have to think more about this :-) Interesting topic!

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]]> By: Elena Greene http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1329 Elena Greene Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:05:16 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1329 My first big influences were all the characters from the Narnia books, followed by LOTR. Then there was Anne of Green Gables and the March girls from Little Women. Looking back, I realize these books were a precursor to reading (and writing) romance. And maybe I secretly identified just a little bit with Jo, scribbling away in her garret. :) My first big influences were all the characters from the Narnia books, followed by LOTR.

Then there was Anne of Green Gables and the March girls from Little Women. Looking back, I realize these books were a precursor to reading (and writing) romance. And maybe I secretly identified just a little bit with Jo, scribbling away in her garret. :)

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]]> By: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/30/influential-characters/#comment-1328 Kathleen Bolton Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:12:53 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/10/26/influential-characters/#comment-1328 Without a doubt, it was reading about Laura Ingalls' adventures when I was a kid that made me want to become a writer. Others that stick out in my mind are Scooby Doo and Shaggy, the gang on Gilligan's Island, Jane Eyre and Rochester, Sidney Carton in Tale of Two Cities (I cried, my god, I cried when he got the chop), and the bad biker boys in the Outsiders. But I'm not ashamed to admit the biggest influence on me were those pernicious hobbits. I still dip into the genius of Tolkien every so often. LotR never gets stale or old to me. :-) Without a doubt, it was reading about Laura Ingalls’ adventures when I was a kid that made me want to become a writer.

Others that stick out in my mind are Scooby Doo and Shaggy, the gang on Gilligan’s Island, Jane Eyre and Rochester, Sidney Carton in Tale of Two Cities (I cried, my god, I cried when he got the chop), and the bad biker boys in the Outsiders.

But I’m not ashamed to admit the biggest influence on me were those pernicious hobbits. I still dip into the genius of Tolkien every so often. LotR never gets stale or old to me. :-)

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