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#scribesandmakers

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Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 6/20: What fictional character do you most closely identify with and why?</p><p>In my own work, that's Sidren, from Dragon Prey.</p><p>She's not really young anymore, she's a healer, and she... likes dragons.</p><p>In all of what I've read and watched?</p><p>No idea. I can relate to bits and pieces, but to say "that's me!"? No. Not really.</p><p>I guess there aren't a lot of older Autistic women MCs out there.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a></p>
Christina<p>I'm gonna throw a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> bonus question out today: Let's be real, we're not all main character material, but regardless, what fictional character do you WISH you identified with?</p>
Christina<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> What fictional character do I identify with?</p><p>For most my adult life, it was Daria. But rewatching the series, I realized my sarcasm is more like Jane's. Daria may be a wee bit too nihilistic. I'm more likely to tell people to go to hell in a friendly manner.</p>
C. R. Collins<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> Jan 20<br>What fictional character do you most closely identify with and why?</p><p>As a kid, I identified with Eowyn from LOTR. Not because I was that fierce but because she was a rebel. I admired rebels from an early age. 😀 I suppose I can still identify with her 🤷</p>
GaH Learner<p>20 What fictional character do you most closely identify with and why?</p><p>I never really did that, not even as a child. There certainly were characters I would have liked to be, but there are none that are like me.<br>I'm like every redshirt on Star Trek, or maybe Primrose Everdeen from the Hunger Games. My own Calanthe Willowrod has a lot from me. And I would like to be like Ripley from Alien, but hell, I'd be monster food before I could open my mouth to scream. 😂 </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GL625" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GL625</span></a></p>
adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)<p>It me!</p><p>I'm featured on the British Fantasy Society website. (Go me!)</p><p><a href="https://britishfantasysociety.org/meet-steve-turnbull/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">britishfantasysociety.org/meet</span><span class="invisible">-steve-turnbull/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p>
Eve Ventually<p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> June 20: What fictional character do you most closely identify with and why?</p><p>Kathy H from Kazuo Ishiguro's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Let_Me_Go_(novel)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Never Let Me Go</a>. I actually rather hope people will read it so I don't want to talk to much about why. She's someone who lives a sheltered life to begin with and gradually comes to understand what's really going on in the world she lives in.</p>
ig 🏳️‍🌈<p>i think identifying too much with a fictional character could be a sign of not having a strong sense of your own self. like those Rorschach fanboys, or those douchebags with Punisher stickers. or the Holden Caulfield wannabes. looking for someone to copy instead of developing a personality. 🤷</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a></p>
ig 🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 20. What fictional character do you most closely identify with and why?</p><p>i couldn't answer this question because nobody wants to write characters who are really like me. but i think that's not the point of reading. i get as much enjoyment out of characters who are very different from me as i do from those who are similar. it's all in how well the story is told.</p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> June 19 Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go?</p><p>I don't try to convince them to do my thing. I love hearing about what their thing is, and I encourage them to do that. i know someone who's really good at drawing, and I would love to see them do it more bc it clearly brings them pleasure and stress relief.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 6/19 Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go?</p><p>My now girlfriend had always wanted to write a book. After we met and talked, she's now published 2 books, and contemplating a third one.</p><p>I am so proud of her.</p>
amPennyfeather<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 6/19 Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go?</p><p>I think the closest I ever got to this was with my friend who has a story idea, but has been in the planning stage for years. Plotting a whole epic series with all the details.<br>And at one point I tried to get her to actually start writing it!</p><p>How did it go? Yeah...she's still planning the thing 😅 But when she finally gets that beast written down it's gonna be awesome!</p>
C. R. Collins<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> Jun 19<br>Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go? </p><p>My youngest son seems to be following in my footsteps of waiting until his old age to finish his book. 🤔 I've tried suggesting he not wait so long, but it hasn't worked yet.</p>
Christina<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> have I talked anyone into creating?</p><p>Kinda? I've actively encouraged friends to write or publish, and even got a couple of friends to write in my universe to create a coauthored series. But I don't think I had to talk anyone into it. I'm not sure how well that would work. Both my spouse and I are creators, he's a musician, I'm a writer, and we both enjoy visual art mediums. He's not going to convince me to pick up an instrument and I can't convince him to write a book.</p>
Sifaseven<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> Day 19: Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go? </p><p>The best way to 'convince' someone is for them to see you do it and how much you enjoy being creative. </p><p>My 16 year old is writing her own fantasy series and drawing her characters. She took a visual arts class this past semester.</p><p>I hadn't told her "You should do this." She just did.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Joyce Lionarons<p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 6/19. Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go? </p><p>I've never tried to talk anyone into writing, but I've encouraged others to do whatever sort of creative thing strikes their fancy. They don't do it.</p>
Steve DeGroof 📚🛸<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> Jun 19: Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go?</p><p>Well, Shelby seems interested in microcontrollers, but she hasn't really tried Arduino coding yet. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 19<br>taking up my creative activity…</p><p>Of all the people I know, only one has acknowledged my writing, but doesn’t read it. She’s the person who, when I was in the throes of a deep depression in late 2014, texted me that she was going to try NaNoWriMo, &amp; that I should, too.</p><p>I did NaNo 9x &amp; have a dozen books to publish. She dropped out of that 1st NaNo after a week &amp; has never written a chapter. The real reason she started NaNo is pretty clear.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
GaH Learner<p>19 Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go?</p><p>Not really. I sometimes tease my partner he should write comedy, he can be funny sometimes, but he isn't interested. As long as he doesn't complain about my activities, it's OK.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GL625" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GL625</span></a></p>
Hannah Steenbock<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 6/19. Did you ever try talking a friend or loved one into taking up your creative activity too? How did it go?</p><p>I don't believe in talking people into anything.</p><p>We have a saying about that in German:</p><p>"Du kannst den Hund nicht zum Jagen tragen."</p><p>(You can't carry your dog to a hunt.)</p><p>However, if one of my friends wanted to take up writing because they feel interested or passionate or driven to it - I'll do my best to support them.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
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