Comments on: Relevance in the Land That Won’t Stand Still http://macabreink.com/relevance-in-the-land-that-wont-stand-still The Virtual Voice of David Niall Wilson Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:54:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Niall Wilson http://macabreink.com/relevance-in-the-land-that-wont-stand-still/comment-page-1#comment-586 David Niall Wilson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:42:18 +0000 http://macabreink.com/?p=772#comment-586 I thought that I did. The characters have no positive traits. They are not in any way dynamic, and the world is happening without them. Therefore, even though the events they experience are meaningful, you already don't care what happens to them, and the "power" is lost. Those same older characters with some vitality and interaction with the world - or the times - or with some quality to endear them to the reader or make them "important" would work fine - without that spark they can't hold my interest, or my empathy. DNW I thought that I did. The characters have no positive traits. They are not in any way dynamic, and the world is happening without them. Therefore, even though the events they experience are meaningful, you already don’t care what happens to them, and the “power” is lost. Those same older characters with some vitality and interaction with the world - or the times - or with some quality to endear them to the reader or make them “important” would work fine - without that spark they can’t hold my interest, or my empathy.

DNW

]]> By: Sonja Cassella http://macabreink.com/relevance-in-the-land-that-wont-stand-still/comment-page-1#comment-585 Sonja Cassella Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:37:34 +0000 http://macabreink.com/?p=772#comment-585 I think the point you're trying to make is that these older characters don't matter for some reason other than they're old ... but you stop short of saying why you don't care about them. Perhaps the reason the young hero is so attractive is that almost everyone has been 18 or so and those that haven't, are about to be there. But come on, David, dig a little deeper -- tell us why you couldn't identify with these characters. I think the point you’re trying to make is that these older characters don’t matter for some reason other than they’re old … but you stop short of saying why you don’t care about them.

Perhaps the reason the young hero is so attractive is that almost everyone has been 18 or so and those that haven’t, are about to be there.

But come on, David, dig a little deeper — tell us why you couldn’t identify with these characters.

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