tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post115173158477212087..comments2023-11-03T06:29:07.280-05:00Comments on The Bandwagon: Secondary characters (Grey's Anatomy spoilers if you haven't seen it)MJFredrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1151945756745029372006-07-03T11:55:00.000-05:002006-07-03T11:55:00.000-05:00I feel so bad I haven't responded to any comments ...I feel so bad I haven't responded to any comments - I have been so sick, I don't even want to get off the couch! <BR/><BR/>Toni, I think you're right about the mystery of the secondary characters, since we're rarely in their heads. Plus, I think we can put them through more, their destiny, especially in romance, isn't predetermined. We don't KNOW if they'll get a HEA.<BR/><BR/>Mary Beth, you're right about those GA characters. They just seem to give the characters ONE thing we can identify with, and we root for them. I think even more, is we're kind of putting ourselves in the main cast's place. We hurt for the chief because of his niece. We relate to Thatcher because of Meredith. We're devastated for Denny because Izzy is. I think that could be the key.<BR/><BR/>Olga, I always cry when someone dies in a movie, like in the one my mom and I saw last week. I empathized with the main character's pain.<BR/><BR/>Rene, he sounds like a great tortured hero! He needs his redemption!MJFredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1151813091049441302006-07-01T23:04:00.000-05:002006-07-01T23:04:00.000-05:00I wrote a secondary character who got tons and ton...I wrote a secondary character who got tons and tons of comments from contest judges and CP's. They all loved him and wanted me to make him a hero in a subsequent book. I wrote a second book and he was secondary again, but getting stronger, preparing him to be the hero of the third book. I don't know if the book will ever get written because I don't think I can sell him without some back-up. He's Asian-American, not a hero you see too often in romance. Plus, he is involved with vampires, another big strike.Renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966956368329586135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1151768200274365782006-07-01T10:36:00.000-05:002006-07-01T10:36:00.000-05:00Agree with Mary Beth. They do make characters on G...Agree with Mary Beth. They do make characters on GA very real. I just watched a movie where a secondary character died, and I cried. I almost never do that! But it was so heart-wrenching, I just couldn't help shedding a tear. That's powerful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1151764983216296642006-07-01T09:43:00.000-05:002006-07-01T09:43:00.000-05:00I don't know hoy they do it, but the GA writers ma...I don't know hoy they do it, but the GA writers make every single person on the screen real. The chief's niece in the last episode, his wife, Christina's mom when she had the miscarraige, Thatcher, the bomb squad cop that got blown up, the EMT that ran, if they're on that show they are real. <BR/>That's the key for me when I'm reading too. I don't mind multiple characters as slong as they're all fully developed individuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13241994.post-1151761409832716352006-07-01T08:43:00.000-05:002006-07-01T08:43:00.000-05:00In the first book I wrote secondary characters ran...In the first book I wrote secondary characters ran rampant and I knew so much about them--that's why it took me forever to write! The second story I wrote I concentrated on the H/h and it was easier to write but lacked some of the complexity.<BR/><BR/>I think there's a certain amount of mystery you canretain with secondary characters that lets you fill in the blanks--and if they've had a hard time you can't help rooted for them!Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.com