As a writer, I feel like your favorite character shouldn't be safe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
I think that if you get too close to the character, if you do too much historical research, you may find yourself defending your view of a character against the author's view, and I think that's terribly dangerous.
Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read.
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the reader.
If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will hook me in, certainly.
I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!
All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad.
I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.
If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate to it. You can be fearless in your storytelling if you're vigilant about protecting your characters.