Another Poll

Chain of Memories · May 26, 2007

When making a character's background, do you prefer giving the "happy family" description or the "tragic past" description? :Shrug:

Curious as always, :tongue

Jay

Scrawler · May 26, 2007

My MC's family is dysfunctional, just like everybody else's.

The Lady · May 26, 2007

What do you mean "give" them. It is what it is. They tell you where they come from. You write it down. Of course, sad people often insist on more attention.

Chain of Memories · May 26, 2007

The Lady said:
What do you mean "give" them. It is what it is. They tell you where they come from. You write it down. Of course, sad people often insist on more attention.

It seems like my characters do somehow "speak" to me.

Rolling Thunder · May 26, 2007

You're going to earn the nickname 'poll dancer' fairly quickly here, Chain.

Chain of Memories · May 26, 2007

Rllgthunder said:
You're going to earn the nickname 'poll dancer' fairly quickly here, Chain.

Now that's not pretty either! I'll refrain from my curiousity! :Shrug:

It's just that I enjoy people's opinions!

-Jay

Andre_Laurent · May 26, 2007

Chain of Memories said:
Now that's not pretty either! I'll refrain from my curiousity! It's just that I enjoy people's opinions!

-Jay

I thought it was funny.

benbradley · May 26, 2007

You mean "The Prince of Tides" wasn't the average, ordinary family background?

glassquill · May 26, 2007

I'd go with tragic past for now. Even then, it's only because my WIPs have main characters with dark pasts. They tell me they're not the kinds to play happy family anyway.

Chain of Memories · May 26, 2007

Personally, I prefer the tragic past. I write more with it.

Danger Jane · May 26, 2007

I don't think I prefer one over the other. I guess I stay in the middle. Most people don't have really tragic lives and neither is life a bed of roses. Of course that doesn't mean they can't have tragic futures... :tongue

SpookyWriter · May 26, 2007

Mdlle. Nancy said:
I don't think I prefer one over the other. I guess I stay in the middle. Most people don't have really tragic lives and neither is life a bed of roses. Of course that doesn't mean they can't have tragic futures...

Wishful thinking? :Sun:

Danger Jane · May 26, 2007

Wouldn't you like to know!

.........how did you know?

Chain of Memories · May 26, 2007

According to my poll, no one likes happy families? :Shrug:

Stijn Hommes · May 26, 2007

I chose neither because it depends entirely on the story. In my WIP, my character has a happy family and he needs it, because my first chapter deals with a traumatic experience and it doesn't get any better afterwards.

Mileage may vary for other stories.

Rolling Thunder · May 26, 2007

According to my poll, no one likes happy families?

Are cannibalistic families considered under that category?

Devil Ledbetter · May 26, 2007

It's the tragic present that makes for an interesting story, in my opinion.

My protag has a tragic past, but I didn't give it to him. Like The Lady said, he told me about it and I wrote it down.

SpookyWriter · May 26, 2007

Rllgthunder said:
Are cannibalistic families considered under that category?

Bite me.

SpookyWriter · May 26, 2007

Devil Ledbetter said:
It's the tragic present that makes for an interesting story, in my opinion.

My protag has a tragic past, but I didn't give it to him. Like The Lady said, he told me about it and I wrote it down.

But what happens if you discover he killed his parents. Would you tell the police?

Danger Jane · May 26, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
But what happens if you discover he killed his parents. Would you tell the police?

Don't you know about The Contract??

scarletpeaches · May 26, 2007

SpookyWriter said:
But what happens if you discover he killed his parents. Would you tell the police?

No, we'd send him round your house.

SpookyWriter · May 26, 2007

Mdlle. Nancy said:
Don't you know about The Contract??

I haven't read the fine print. Pray tell me I've won the lottery?

SpookyWriter · May 26, 2007

scarletpeaches said:
No, we'd send him round your house.

I hope he's Chinese because I've promised my room mate chinese for dinner tonight.

Danger Jane · May 26, 2007

Um.....yeah, that's what it says.

Or it could say that if you divulge the secrets of your character you'll turn into this:

SpookyWriter · May 26, 2007

* inserts hot poker into eye sockets *

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