Kathleen

@kathleenramm I do ballet, lyrical, musical theater, and tap. It’s awesome that you enjoy it-that’s what we want to happen! We’re artists of a sort, after all, and like any, if we share our art we will be hoping people enjoy it.

@lydia-s YESSSSS S.D. SMITH L.M. MONTGOMERY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT AND ANDREW PETERSON ARE SOME OF MY FAVES! Sorry, excited.…[Read more]

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I have to echo what Ella said. I LOVE characters who are hardened and tough on the outside, but hurting and vulnerable on the inside. Usually, they’re not the main character, and usually, I love them more than the main character. 😛 The best example I can think of of this type of character is from The Trimont Trilogy by Jessica…[Read more]

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I realise I love all of those types of heroes you guys mention. And thinking on it, I don’t really have a specific hero (referring to both male and female) because I care about their journey more than anything else about heroes. But the journey or arc that they go…[Read more]

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For me, personally, I love reading about relatable heroes (and heroines). Oddly enough, it’s very hard for me to truly and deeply connect with a main character, and to fully immerse myself in their story. Because honestly, it can be so difficult to find a lovable and realistic protagonist, especially when it comes to females.…[Read more]

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I have such a soft spot for the characters with tragic pasts that make them form “walls” around themselves, but on the inside they’re full of passion and imagination and wanderlust!  So basically the dark/brooding/misunderstood charries. 😉

Generally, I like these characters to be secondary, because you find out more about them…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I like the self-sacrificial hero that doesn’t get raised from the dead, thank you very much. I really enjoy seeing self-sacrifice in characters, not just main characters, but even antagonists too. I think that one of the reasons why Lelouch from Code Geass is such a good main character (Code Geass spoilers ahead) is because by…[Read more]

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Right! It’s so hard to relate to them. They drive me nuts. 😛

@kathleenramm Ah, yeah, this is probably the reason why I don’t really like superhero movies…though yes, I do see people like that, and also for wish-fulfillment, but what’s writing without a little a load of  angst?

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Hmm… Least favorite main character type? I guess I really have problems with the perfect ones. Especially the ones who are in their teens or young adult years and unbelievably wise, even up to the point of counseling their older siblings and friends on problems which they have no experience in (e.g. romantic relationships).

@nova21 Ahhh I hate passive heroes as well…and yet I struggle so hard in not making all my characters so very passive… #writerproblems XD

@kathleenramm Such a good question (and I agree–characters without a character arc are just…disappointing). My least favorite hero/heroine is, for lack of a better word, the YA Protagonist™. Nothing…[Read more]

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Ooo, awesome question!  Well, my answer would be that I hate the passive heroes.  The ones that let everyone tell them what to do, or the ones that just “go with the flow.”  There’s a time and a place for that, but definitely not in the MC, imo! 😄

Oh, and melodramatic/overly-emotional heroes are the worst!!  Like when they just sit…[Read more]

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I agree with all of you.

I think I dislike morally corrupt heroes that don’t experience any consequences for their actions or redemption. They are depressing and annoying like a child that always has it’s way. However, that said I love a good redemption story, so if that anti-hero actually has a rea…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Hm…I’d say that I don’t like the overpowered hero. The hero that easily defeats anything that comes in his way, doesn’t have any character development except getting stronger, makes the villains look like wimps, etc. There isn’t really anything likable about them except maybe they look cool, and you can fully expect that they win.

@Kathleenramm

Personally, I love the chosen one type of heroes myself:) After all, Jesus was in a way, a chosen one to be our savior:)
But a hero I don’t like? I don’t like anti-heroes. Because in a story, the hero is the person I am exposed to be admiring or looking up to in a way. And if they don’t have hero qualities or motivations, what kind…[Read more]

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Working on the older character has actually not been too difficult. In fact, she’s the one character in this plotline who’s coming across the way she’s supposed to, and writing the POV character with her actually made him work better, too. XD So that’s been pretty cool. I created this character over a decade ago, though, so I kno…[Read more]

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I agree! 🙂

I’m co-writing with my best friend (who also doubles as one of my cousins😉), and I am also co-writing a novel with another one of my friends. In my main WIP, I’m doing the writing as I have more free time, and my cousin is editing. In the novel I’m writing with my other friend, we mapped out the plot line together, and,…[Read more]