Survey: Easiest character to write

POSTED BY: SpaceAnJL
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 17:47
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SPACEANJL

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 3:28 PM

This comes off the thread that Arcadia started.

Do people find some characters much easier than others?

The one that jumped into my head the easiest was Jayne. (A worrying trend - so far I have written Lex fic, Spike fic, Sev fic and Draco fic. I am a wrong person.)

SPACEANJL

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 3:59 PM

BUMP! 'Cos no-one's playing...

LEIGHKOHL

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:30 PM

For me it's Simon and then Inara. Pretty much Core people are easiest for me to write, though Mal is sometimes really fun when you get a good banter going. Jayne is great when you need something crass yet truthful all at the same time! Kaylee is fun, especially when you need something sweet and and little dirty! Zoe is hard but she can hae some great one liners, and she is sometimes the voice of truth for Mal as well. River is a bit of an enigma, but I really like her voice, especially when she and Simon are together. Wash and Book are the hardest, maybe that's why I pretty much write only post BDM.

SPACEANJL

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:37 PM

Wooh! A reply.

My take on Wash and Book, too. Core should be easiest for me, too, really, so why the big bad merc took up residence, I don't know. Opposites attract?

I think dialogue is easier than solo introspection pieces, too. Snark and spark.

AGENTROUKA

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:46 PM

Mal. Inara. River.

My own personal perception of them, of course, but those three come most easily to me and just tend to start chatting in my head. :)

COSMICFUGITIVE

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:56 PM

I find River easy the easiest character to write for. Mal, Jayne and Zoe are a joint second.

I like to write for all of the characters, although Book's 'voice' is probably the one that I find the trickiest.

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LEIASKY

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 5:00 PM

For me the easiest are Simon, Kaylee, River, and even Jayne. My interpretations of them, obviously. Inara I can sometimes get down but not always in her interplay with Mal. Wash is real hard for me. As are Zoe and Book, which is probably one reason I write mostly post BDM stuff.

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ARCADIA

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 6:29 PM

For me Inara is the easiest. She just is. Mal would come second. Hmm... any wonder that I'm a horrible M/I shipper?

After that, hmmm...

I feel comfortable with Zoe and River. I enjoy writing them a lot. I'm not as good with them as I am with Mal and Inara, but I think I'm all right. I still classify River as one of my "hard to write" characters because you need to be careful with her, but I enjoy writing her so *shurgs*.

Jayne and Kaylee are on the third rung of my comfort level. Simon and Book are half-way there, too. I feel fine writing these characters, but I wish I was a little better.

And then there is poor Wash, last on the latter. I love him dearly, but I am just not so good with his funiness. But I will learn. Any advice, oh people who can write Wash?

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GWEK

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 6:48 PM

Guess I'm in the minority of finding Book and Wash among the easiest! I find Book to be incredibly constant in his characterization (ultimately, he tells nothing but asks everything... and is polite and supportive while doing it). For Wash, I ask myself "If I found this conversation boring, what would I say to make it more interesting?"

I find River and Kaylee among the hardest, just because they're so easy to get wrong. Go too far with River and she's start-raving useless; too far with Kaylee and she's a grinning idiot rube.

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GOLDY

Tuesday, August 1, 2006 9:34 PM

Mal and Inara, if only because most of my fics are Mal/Inara centered, so I spend the most time with them in my head. Then Simon. And then Jayne, who is probably the most fun to write for when you can "hear" him.

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