I ran across this cartoon and laughed. How many times have I changed a character’s name or the gender as I write? I know and then it changes. While not this drastic, my WIP needs an additional character and a dog.
Do you change up your character’s names, genders, delete them altogether, before you type “The End”?
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Hi Jo hawk –
I am new to fiction and so really cannot relate to the comic – but I get it! And I saw a move earlier this year – think it was “the man who made Christmas” and it was a well done take on what dickens might have experienced while writing a Christmas Carol –
Well done in the cinematography and some writing – nkt well
Done in connectcinf to dickens goals for the fiction – which I believe had a lot to do with wellness, laughter as the best (or one of ) parts of life! And the movie writers completely left out the nephew – omg – the laughing joyful nephew –
There were other flaws but it had a decent budget and had pros
The reason I thought of it was also because the chatceters would visit the writer – it was cool
He’d close his door and they’d be there
And your comic reminded me of this
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As a new fiction writer (only shiort pieces – longest is 500 words
– I have individual characters and only a few –
But have an entitled woman in development and then a car enthusiast dude – hmm
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That sounds like an interesting movie. I will have to be on the lookout for it. The characters you have in development are intriguing. Are they both part of the same story?
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no – just future flash fiction – and maybe some day something bigger
🙂
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oh yes, that cartoon made me giggle, now i need to go apologise to my poor characters, they must be so confused!
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Oh I hadn’t thought about apologizing to them. But I suppose it is the right thing to do. 😉
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they are “real” after all! LOL!
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Good point.
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Hahaha…. I feel for those characters! 😃
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LOL Poor things. How are they supposed to act? We writers can be such a fickle bunch. 😊
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Yup, confusing the little guys! 😜
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One of my favorite cartoon strips! And oh yes, my characters are constantly undergoing changes until I’m satisfied lol
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LOL I just hate when I do a read through and discover the old name or gender and wonder what else I have forgotten to change. 😊
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I have changed names then get worried I’ve missed replacing a reference in the text. I’ve seen it in other people’s stories, I’m reading Steven this, and Steven that, then suddenly it’s Sean and I think who’s this Sean?
Now if I’m not sure, I put in X, Y, Z – hoping they’re easier to spot.
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LOL I have seen that too. That is where the “Find” and “Replace” function can help immensely. Still there always seems to be one that is missed. 😉
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Sadje’s pick for Pay it forward Thursday at the GDG
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