I wonder if in these conversations, it's normal to feel like pouring your heart out and navel-gazingly express all your deepest fears about your story.
My concern, in this context, is that I find myself identifying much more with a secondary character. I mean, still a profoundly important character, but not the hero. I guess I'm trying to make sure that I'm not crossing the line between identifying and Mary Sueing. I've wrestled with not identifying closely enough with the main character for some time. Though he may bear more of the marks of a Mary Sue than anyone else does. I've actually completely tossed two years of manuscript because my secondary characters had too much agenda; too scattered, too many stories, too much going on. I've got lots to learn. I've been replotting the story I actually want to write out of the remains of the last versions, and trying to iron out at least most of the problems therein at the same time.
Anyway, I appreciate your thoughts and your advice. I will cling to them. :)
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Date: 2005-09-27 12:37 am (UTC)My concern, in this context, is that I find myself identifying much more with a secondary character. I mean, still a profoundly important character, but not the hero. I guess I'm trying to make sure that I'm not crossing the line between identifying and Mary Sueing. I've wrestled with not identifying closely enough with the main character for some time. Though he may bear more of the marks of a Mary Sue than anyone else does. I've actually completely tossed two years of manuscript because my secondary characters had too much agenda; too scattered, too many stories, too much going on. I've got lots to learn. I've been replotting the story I actually want to write out of the remains of the last versions, and trying to iron out at least most of the problems therein at the same time.
Anyway, I appreciate your thoughts and your advice. I will cling to them. :)