tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post5115594964133121559..comments2024-01-29T17:34:57.576-07:00Comments on A Blister to My Eye: Dumped the House. Sob.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-23877314824393082442007-07-18T10:41:00.000-06:002007-07-18T10:41:00.000-06:00Come on fish. They can't all be likable. One of th...Come on fish. They can't all be likable. One of them has to remind you of an avid Harry Potter fan. Right? :)Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-88281653215957662322007-07-18T07:32:00.000-06:002007-07-18T07:32:00.000-06:00hey! my characters are not annoying, thank you! :P...hey! my characters are <I>not</I> annoying, thank you! :Palternatefishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738065777302939097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-31585756124879998482007-07-17T21:22:00.000-06:002007-07-17T21:22:00.000-06:00Sometimes destruction can be fun.Have a bad day at...Sometimes destruction can be fun.<BR/><BR/>Have a bad day at work -- go home and kill off that annoying character.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-50025107031521125162007-07-17T10:14:00.000-06:002007-07-17T10:14:00.000-06:00Yes, that can really hurt. It's hard enough to kil...Yes, that can really hurt. <BR/><BR/>It's hard enough to kill your darlings, which (if I'm remembering correctly) refers to those prose passages that seem to transcendentally wonderful but really aren't, or at least are extraneous. But a character that you created and know so well -- it's almost like murder. And there can be a real feeling of loss for a while afterward.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you can use him/her in something else.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-80172935652847486792007-07-17T07:42:00.000-06:002007-07-17T07:42:00.000-06:00I think I'm going to have to do this to an extrane...I think I'm going to have to do this to an extraneous character soon. I feel like I'm killing my baby.alternatefishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738065777302939097noreply@blogger.com