tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post3189857148384084369..comments2022-10-19T02:42:43.955-05:00Comments on Sharing the Journey: Heidi Peterson's Author Blog: 3 Things I Love in a Good Story // Jessica PrescottHeidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418854988524303306noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-48968094377328727142015-12-09T08:09:27.819-06:002015-12-09T08:09:27.819-06:00Jessica, I love your answers! They're so very...Jessica, I love your answers! They're so very different from my own, and I find that extremely helpful, as a writer.<br /><br />I have this utter loathing and disdain for what I call "unsupportive characters," especially female ones. I don't mind if they're bossy or quarrelsome, but if they continually undermine the interests and desires of the person they love, I'm done with them. A really supportive one, though, will earn my undying love. Like Rebecca Reid in <i>The Lone Ranger</i> (2013) who never complained about her husband being gone on Texas Ranger business or having to work hard and go without luxuries. Even if her life wasn't what she'd expected or hoped for, she didn't blame him or whine, not once.Hamlette (Rachel)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11961916847426233995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-46501282862648976952015-11-22T21:02:12.474-06:002015-11-22T21:02:12.474-06:00I think we do share a brain;)
Yeah! I don't ...I think we do share a brain;)<br /><br />Yeah! I don't DISlike Lizzy (well, not much anyway), but I don't really LIKE her either. I'm rereading the book, and I still just can't decide about her. There are things I like about her and things I don't. Of course, I don't really like Darcy either...*cough*Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-86739441111446675602015-11-22T17:47:03.950-06:002015-11-22T17:47:03.950-06:00Right! Variety is, as a wiser soul (aka my mother...Right! Variety is, as a wiser soul (aka my mother) always tells me, the "spice of life." :) Katie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818413749107653398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-27673375217407875772015-11-20T20:38:13.067-06:002015-11-20T20:38:13.067-06:00Jessica,
Aww, thank you so much! I'm so glad ...Jessica, <br />Aww, thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!<br /><br />Very true! :) And oh yes, I don't mind at all that you don't like Lizzy. If we all liked the same thing, the world would be very boring indeed. :)Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315660089925645214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-73632566442506022482015-11-14T13:13:13.495-06:002015-11-14T13:13:13.495-06:00Thanks so much for commenting, Natalie! I know--t...Thanks so much for commenting, Natalie! I know--the really weak heroines are also super-annoying. That's not what it means to be a "real lady," at all! (Speaking of which--I LOVED your "How Not To Be A Lady" post. Specially Lydia ;) ) <br /><br />Hey, that's okay, we don't have to agree about Lizzy :) After all, everybody's different, no? Like I said, I do respect and admire her good qualities. She just . . . is not my Very Favorite. Katie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818413749107653398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-9039466024393507562015-11-14T11:32:25.910-06:002015-11-14T11:32:25.910-06:00Oh, these are such great points!!!
I agree. Having...Oh, these are such great points!!!<br />I agree. Having a heroine I admire is very important. I can't stand heroines that are really weak and usually there for no other reason than the romantic aspect (cough, looking at a John Wayne movie I just watched cough) or, on the other end of the spectrum are really annoying and independent in a bad way. <br />Although...I can't agree about Lizzy Bennet. :P<br /><br />Oh, I loved #2!!! So true. I just agree with everything you said there. :)<br /><br />I too love sensory description. Really well done description just puts you right into the novel...it's so real and wonderful! Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315660089925645214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-3652657198619099882015-11-13T19:13:04.234-06:002015-11-13T19:13:04.234-06:00Whoa. WHOA. You feel the same way about Lizzy, T...Whoa. WHOA. You feel the same way about Lizzy, TOO? Okay, we must share a brain. It's official. <br /><br />YES! It's not like I hate her, you understand, or even "dislike" her--I think she has a lot of good qualities, like being strong and smart and loyal and knowing what she wants--but there quite a few things about her that Annoy Me. She's too hasty, for one thing . . . and she's really kind of sharp-tongued and even unpleasant sometimes. She didn't need to spend all that time arguing with Darcy. She REALLY didn't. When I read P&P for the first time and I got to the part where she gets Darcy's letter and finally admits he isn't so bad after all, I was like, "YAYYYYYYYYY!" <br /><br />So yeah. She's not awful or anything, but she sure isn't my favorite literary heroine. I kind of think of her as a "rough diamond", you know what I mean? And rough diamonds aren't really my thing. I'm much, much fonder of Fanny and Elinor and Anne Elliot. <br /><br />Yesssssssssss . . . Like, seriously, physical attraction IS an important part of romance, but that's not ALL there is to it, and we sure don't need to be harping on that ALL THE TIME. Oh, I know--Christian romantic fiction can be soooooooooo annoying sometimes. With some of it, you just look at it and you're like, "Um, excuse me? You call THAT 'Christian'?" Katie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818413749107653398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-33947369526813447422015-11-13T18:43:33.855-06:002015-11-13T18:43:33.855-06:00YESH. THE NEEDLESSLY BELLIGERENT HEROINES. (Grea...YESH. THE NEEDLESSLY BELLIGERENT HEROINES. (Great way of putting that, by the way!) Someone else doesn't love Lizzy?! I'm not alone in that?! Yippee!:D Haha, no, I'm sure there are lots of people who don't adore her, but it seems like a lot of people do. You know.<br /><br />"I need me some role models, peoples." Heehee;) <br /><br />Good romances are so important! Like, y'know, the ones that AREN'T based on physical attraction and therefore DON'T spend every other page ooh-ing and ahh-ing over her lips and his biceps. (Lookin' at you, Christian fiction romance.)<br /><br />And I love vivid descriptions, too!:)<br /><br />Fantastic list, Jessica! Loved it:)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-3710779124278782642015-11-13T13:57:22.450-06:002015-11-13T13:57:22.450-06:00I guess you did :PI guess you did :PRosie McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756806467175885197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-26774053369031291042015-11-13T12:12:04.491-06:002015-11-13T12:12:04.491-06:00Yay!!! I'm so happy you like them! (Although...Yay!!! I'm so happy you like them! (Although I know you liked them before, too ;) ) <br /><br />Exactly. "Like a--like a--I shall be forgetting my own name next--like a SOILED GLOVE." :) But yeah, I think it's probably the most important thing for me, too. Guess that's why it's at #1--I wasn't really *trying* to put them "in order of importance" but I think I did anyways, haha. Katie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818413749107653398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-76228466017824815902015-11-13T08:33:26.691-06:002015-11-13T08:33:26.691-06:00Yay! Your answers! Although of course I've alr...Yay! Your answers! Although of course I've already read them :P <br /><br />But I just reread them anyway. And I LOVE ALL YOUR POINTS. I think for me your first point is like themostimportantever in a story. Even before the good-romance thing. Because when I read a book, it's the female character that I try to relate to. *Obviously* But really, the good heroine is the most important thing. If I like the girl, then I'm "invested" in the story, and can follow her through the plot twists. But if I don't like her - watch out, book, you may soon be thrown aside like a - like a - soiled glove :PRosie McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756806467175885197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-74285746349077550452015-11-13T08:18:42.736-06:002015-11-13T08:18:42.736-06:00Thanks for commenting, Naomi! Yes--I actually enj...Thanks for commenting, Naomi! Yes--I actually enjoyed the book quite a lot, but only because it turned out OK in the end. If it hadn't, I would have been furious. No kidding. And yeah . . . wavering is annoying . . . like, that's one of the things that makes me not-such-a-huge-fan of Anne Shirley. Because she WAVERS. Between Gilbert and that other Annoying Guy. And I just shake my head and sigh. ;)<br /><br />I know, right? I want to do it too . . . and I think I'm getting a bit better at it . . . but it's not easy. So I really admire writers who CAN do it and do it well. Katie Hannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818413749107653398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008803196079197549.post-52683085998041767522015-11-13T01:40:16.631-06:002015-11-13T01:40:16.631-06:00Goodness, that Agatha Christie book sounds "a...Goodness, that Agatha Christie book sounds "annoying" to read. :-) I hate it when the heroine can't see WHO's the nice guy. Like, JUST THINK. :-D<br /><br />Yesss, I agree especially with your last point. I myself yearn to do that well. :-) To paint a picture with words.<br /><br />~ NaomiNaomi Pittshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13932777444665441104noreply@blogger.com