tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post4777660057793876115..comments2023-09-16T15:03:34.579+07:00Comments on Adam Heine: Tricking a Reader: Character DeathAdam Heinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-65411680446105751062012-01-06T21:37:28.750+07:002012-01-06T21:37:28.750+07:00Krista's post is up. Good stuff.Krista's post is up. Good stuff.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-8125486062024372162012-01-06T21:14:26.006+07:002012-01-06T21:14:26.006+07:00Matt made me curious so here I am and I am plannin...Matt made me curious so here I am and I am planning to stay. Loved reading your query letter and your book looks to be a very good read. Nice to meet you :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218651886143284455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-91255475387467769062012-01-06T19:03:08.062+07:002012-01-06T19:03:08.062+07:00Your query is up, good sir. I should probably emai...Your query is up, good sir. I should probably email you.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-58124332512442387402012-01-06T03:43:00.524+07:002012-01-06T03:43:00.524+07:00Robin Hobb...wait, is it Robin Hobb? I think so......Robin Hobb...wait, is it Robin Hobb? I think so...<br />Anyway, Robin Hobb always kills off characters and i'm always devastated. Though they're usually straight forward so you're pretty sure they're dead. Pretty sure...Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-29124303933127071452012-01-05T05:04:47.336+07:002012-01-05T05:04:47.336+07:00I have some slight issues with the whole dying ang...I have some slight issues with the whole dying angle as a misdirection. However, when worked well, hello Gandalf again, then it's quite refreshing and makes for a great read.Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-24345171309748615042012-01-05T03:10:25.899+07:002012-01-05T03:10:25.899+07:00PS - I have no qualms killing MCs :)PS - I have no qualms killing MCs :)Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-49709692970926802732012-01-05T03:09:56.429+07:002012-01-05T03:09:56.429+07:00Matt, I'm reading DwD - have been reading it s...Matt, I'm reading DwD - have been reading it since its release date... GRRM you are going the Robert Jordan route of boring the care out of me.<br /><br />Misdirection's a tricky thing b/c sometimes it's just plain illogical (several books leap to mind) and then I'm just like, yeah, you ruined a cool concept w/ idiotic plot FUBARs.Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-62195170401147958992012-01-05T02:13:17.724+07:002012-01-05T02:13:17.724+07:00Oh, yeah. [Spoiler redacted] is totally not dead! ...Oh, yeah. [Spoiler redacted] is totally not dead! S/He's too important! (Right? Right? Somebody hold me.) <br /><br />I admit, though, in the 2nd-to-last book, I really was convinced [spoiler redacted] was a goner when s/he was getting hir face eaten, there at the end. I was so relieved to learn that wasn't the case; s/he's one of my favourite characters!jjdebenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950592240599703771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-9713420828342355252012-01-04T21:14:38.011+07:002012-01-04T21:14:38.011+07:00Just wait til you read Dance with Dragons. Be afra...Just wait til you read Dance with Dragons. Be afraid, be very afraid.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-62613146766764095582012-01-04T19:52:15.608+07:002012-01-04T19:52:15.608+07:00I don't like characters dying, and if it turns...I don't like characters dying, and if it turns out later that they didn't in fact die I feel doubly cheated, although relieved as well. <br /><br />I'm just a bit of a wuss, really.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-71459629433411220762012-01-04T19:41:57.325+07:002012-01-04T19:41:57.325+07:00I refused to believe Wash as well - just, no.I refused to believe Wash as well - just, no.Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-79422247451610531292012-01-04T19:19:12.623+07:002012-01-04T19:19:12.623+07:00This is one of the things I do when I'm writin...This is one of the things I do when I'm writing too - ask myself what the reader expects in a situation or pattern of events, and even write it in the expected way. Then I try and figure out how to change it in an unexpected way.Andrea Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250681746122381149noreply@blogger.com