Silly little quirks you can't get over

EzzyAlpha · Feb 25, 2012

You know what I'm talking about, those silly things you always do while writing and that you know you shouldn't but you do it anyway.

I have a bad tendency to make all my female characters at least slightly gay

. That is, they all have bisexual leanings

Also, unisex names.

Another that mostly shows up when I'm drawing or designing but creeps into descriptions are characters wearing goggles, awesome boots and hoodies. :tongue

Also scars, light eyed brunettes, and a redheaded romantic interest.

Oh dear, that's more than I expected.

I've always found it hilarious that every writer has things that keep creeping in like Stephen King and Maine or J.K.Rowling and the verb ejaculate :ROFL:

Edit: I'm sorry, I think I have been making too many threads

Mr Flibble · Feb 25, 2012

Loosely paraphrased Metallica lyrics - they seem lucky somehow...I always sell those ones anyway. The lines are (usually) very generically done, but I know they are there.

Fucking up an MC's hand/arm. No idea why.

Sarcastic/cynical heroes (or else, noble types who have to struggle like buggery to stay noble).

A tendency to write about the struggle for personal freedom (whether from social expectations right through to pretty much slavery)

amschilling · Feb 25, 2012

Grey eyes. Always gotta have a guy with grey eyes somewhere.

And no matter how I mean for my MC to turn out personality-wise, they always seem to get mouthy when they're scared or about to be beaten up.

KellyAssauer · Feb 25, 2012

All of my characters should see a therapist,
-but hey- I write what I know.

maxmordon · Feb 25, 2012

Male characters with glasses and assertive female characters. Oh, and alliterative names.

TomGrimm · Feb 25, 2012

Bears. Somehow, there's always a bear.

Rubay H. · Feb 25, 2012

Double spacing. After every frikken sentence.

Aggy B. · Feb 25, 2012

IdiotsRUs said:
Fucking up an MC's hand/arm. No idea why.

Ooh. Me too. Actually, I tend to have a girl/guy with a bad leg too.

And anti-heroes. Can't get enough of 'em.

And, women who kick a lot of ass.

tl byford · Feb 25, 2012

A limp. For some reason there has to be someone with a slight limp.

flapperphilosopher · Feb 25, 2012

KellyAssauer said:
All of my characters should see a therapist,
-but hey- I write what I know.

Ha, me too, exactly.

Layla Nahar · Feb 25, 2012

M.T.Logue said:
Bears. Somehow, there's always a bear.

Whoa - really? I love bears!

Me, hmm - anti-social, isolated MCs. And my characters are always finding themselves doing something - 'she found herself surrounded by flies'

blacbird · Feb 25, 2012

I have a big problem with the word "some" and its use as a prefix.

Well, sometimes. In some situations. It's something I pay attention to in the editing phase, now that I've noticed some annoying occurrences of it, in some pieces. But somehow I just can't seem to eliminate it from some rough drafts.

caw

A.r.p. · Feb 25, 2012

Fantastical elements that could be explained by insanity/coincidence/drugs/etc.

bearilou · Feb 26, 2012

MCs are psychic or magic-oriented in some way.

Always.

owlion · Feb 26, 2012

Slightly angry MCs. They're always a bit grumpy...

Brigid Barry · Feb 26, 2012

My stuff is dark and twisty. My MC is either getting smacked around and tortured or someone else is. But the first step to fixing a problem is admitting you have one...

The irony that my ticker is a butterfly heading towards a flower...

Rizdrah · Feb 26, 2012

Graveyards seem to feature a lot in my writing.

MeretSeger · Feb 26, 2012

Cannibalism. It concerns me. (That it turns up in my writing, not in society.)

Kehengto · Feb 26, 2012

I discovered that most of my male MCs have some sort of daddy issue.

Jamesaritchie · Feb 26, 2012

Women with red hair and green eyes. This is the only one I'm aware of, the only one that creeps in subconsciously.

Brigid Barry · Feb 26, 2012

Jamesaritchie said:
Women with red hair and green eyes. This is the only one I'm aware of, the only one that creeps in subconsciously.

My MC for my current novel is "auburn" hair and green eyes. I have to fight myself to not do the same thing.

Quentin Nokov · Feb 26, 2012

MeretSeger said:
Cannibalism. It concerns me. (That it turns up in my writing, not in society.)

Orphans show up a lot. I guess it's because I have to get rid of the parents for them to go on this big adventure. Medical issues like seizures or speech impediments show up and I have to have siblings working together on the adventure, whether it's two brothers or a brother and sister, but I actually don't do sister-sister pairs. *shrugs*

randi.lee · Feb 26, 2012

Visible scars. Always try to throw a visible scar in there somewhere.

Jamesaritchie · Feb 26, 2012

KateM said:
My MC for my current novel is "auburn" hair and green eyes. I have to fight myself to not do the same thing.

I wrote one novel and gave every female character red hair and green eyes. I didn't realize it until after the book sold, and the editor called asking if this was intentional.

Lhipenwhe · Feb 26, 2012

Green eyes and hair, scars, and badass female characters. Combine them altogether and you've got... well. My female MCs.

Silly little quirks you can't get over

EzzyAlpha

Unable to write straight females.

Mr Flibble

They've been very bad, Mr Flibble

amschilling

KellyAssauer

The Anti-Magdalene

maxmordon

Penúltimo

TomGrimm

Rubay H.

Aggy B.

Not as sweet as you think

tl byford

flapperphilosopher

Layla Nahar

Seashell Seller

blacbird

A.r.p.

bearilou

DenturePunk writer

owlion

Absorbing inspiration from the moon

Brigid Barry

🧂🐎👩

Rizdrah

MeretSeger

The Alydar of Writers

Kehengto

Jamesaritchie

Brigid Barry

🧂🐎👩

Quentin Nokov

King of the Kitties

randi.lee

Certified Non-Genius

Jamesaritchie

Lhipenwhe

Moving with my soul, step by step