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Postby happyharper13 on Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:47 am

I'm not sure which of these have been used before (I have a strong suspicion that the first one, in particular, has), but I'll give 'em a go anyway:

How much do you conform to "what reviewers want," particularly in chaptered fics? If you get a lot of reviews asking for a particular event, pairing and/ character, to what degree do you try to meet the reviewers' wishes, whether or not you had originally planned for said event/pairing/character to have a role in the story?

How do you differentiate different characters' voices? Do you use accents, or try to set apart their thought processes, whether or not their thought processes might be rather similar? Personally, I always find this difficult because, ultimately, everyone is more alike than different. While it's nice to have a character like Grissom, whose voice is so distinct, it feels like a lot of attempts to differentiate characters simply end up stereotyping them.

How often do you think it's appropriate and/or advantageous to switch between different characters' perspectives within a story? Within a scene? Within a chapter?

I know we all love ConCrit. But what do you do once you've gotten it? How do you incorporate it into a story that's already written, and how have you used it in the past to improve on future chapters/stories?

How do you balance keeping a character in-character with making the plot believable and exciting? Do you think it's worth it to make a character slightly OOC in order to move the plot forward?
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