Comments on: Create Fantastic Characters for the NaNoWriMo Challenge http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge Copywriting, Web Design, WordPress Customization - Men with Pens Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:56:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chad http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22711 Chad Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:15:54 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22711 Wow...when did you guys redesign the site? To be honest, I've never been a fan of white on black. I'm actually quite haunted by it... ...great articles though! Trying to catch up! Wow…when did you guys redesign the site? To be honest, I’ve never been a fan of white on black. I’m actually quite haunted by it…

…great articles though! Trying to catch up!

]]> By: Carrie, Words To Mouth http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22600 Carrie, Words To Mouth Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:25:29 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22600 Doing my first Nano ~ found you on Twitter...So glad. What a great source to help me feel unstuck and improve my writing. Thanks! Maybe I'll finally publish a book and get featured on my own show! <abbr><em>Carrie, Words To Mouths last blog post..<a href="http://wordstomouth.com/?p=321" rel="nofollow">Safe School Ambassadors: Harnessing Student Power to Stop Bullying and Violence, John Linney</a></em></abbr> Doing my first Nano ~ found you on Twitter…So glad. What a great source to help me feel unstuck and improve my writing. Thanks!

Maybe I’ll finally publish a book and get featured on my own show!

Carrie, Words To Mouths last blog post..Safe School Ambassadors: Harnessing Student Power to Stop Bullying and Violence, John Linney

]]> By: Mary http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22177 Mary Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:09:08 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22177 Yay. A post about Nanowrimo! I've been wondering if any of you did this crazy thing in November. This will be my sixth year. I'm writergypsie on the forums there and spend most of my time on the urinal cake thread in Off Topic. I'm not doing any pre-planning this year, since I seem to be bogged down in minutiae when I do. Instead, I'm flying by the seat of my pants like I did the first year. How it goes is definitely up to my characters. The rest is incidental. <abbr><em>Marys last blog post..<a href="http://affirmeachday.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/affirmations-and-poverty/" rel="nofollow">Affirmations and Poverty</a></em></abbr> Yay. A post about Nanowrimo! I’ve been wondering if any of you did this crazy thing in November. This will be my sixth year. I’m writergypsie on the forums there and spend most of my time on the urinal cake thread in Off Topic.

I’m not doing any pre-planning this year, since I seem to be bogged down in minutiae when I do. Instead, I’m flying by the seat of my pants like I did the first year. How it goes is definitely up to my characters. The rest is incidental.

Marys last blog post..Affirmations and Poverty

]]> By: Brian Killian http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22149 Brian Killian Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:13:21 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22149 It's not always true that characters are the heart of good fiction. Some kinds of fiction derive almost all their charm and appeal to other factors, to what might be called the mood, or atmosphere. This seems to be the case in mythopoeic stories where people read them not so much for the characters, but for enchantment, for the ecstatic feelings the words produce. Or think of supernatural horror stories like H.P. Lovecraft, where the characters don't seem to be the primary focus. It’s not always true that characters are the heart of good fiction. Some kinds of fiction derive almost all their charm and appeal to other factors, to what might be called the mood, or atmosphere.

This seems to be the case in mythopoeic stories where people read them not so much for the characters, but for enchantment, for the ecstatic feelings the words produce. Or think of supernatural horror stories like H.P. Lovecraft, where the characters don’t seem to be the primary focus.

]]> By: Harry http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22148 Harry Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:46:01 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22148 @Mark: Yeah, I think there was. They ran it with Columbo and MacMillan and Wife. I think MacLeod ran around on horseback or something. Cowboy cop in the Big City kind of thing @Mark: Yeah, I think there was. They ran it with Columbo and MacMillan and Wife. I think MacLeod ran around on horseback or something. Cowboy cop in the Big City kind of thing

]]> By: Harry http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22147 Harry Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:44:32 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22147 @James: Thanks, Farrah. @James: Thanks, Farrah.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22146 Mark Dykeman Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:44:16 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22146 @Harry - wasn't there a 70s detective/police show called MacLeod? :) <abbr><em>Mark Dykemans last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BroadcastingBrain/~3/423750117/" rel="nofollow">Flattery by Imitation presents condensed Techcrunch by Mike Arrington</a></em></abbr> @Harry – wasn’t there a 70s detective/police show called MacLeod? :)

Mark Dykemans last blog post..Flattery by Imitation presents condensed Techcrunch by Mike Arrington

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22145 James Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:43:01 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22145 @ Harry - Dude. Love the hair. Suits you. Really. @ Harry – Dude. Love the hair. Suits you. Really.

]]> By: Harry http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22144 Harry Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:38:47 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22144 @Mark: Damn. We've just turned into a really bad 70's cop show. I swear, if anyone calls me Kate Jackson I'll smack'em. @Mark: Damn. We’ve just turned into a really bad 70’s cop show. I swear, if anyone calls me Kate Jackson I’ll smack’em.

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/create-fantastic-characters-for-the-nanowrimo-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-22143 James Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:35:14 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/?p=1840#comment-22143 @ Mark - Rock on. It's a match made in heaven. ;) @ Mark – Rock on. It’s a match made in heaven. ;)

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