Comments on: Writing the Difficult Heroine http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2010/06/04/writing-the-difficult-heroine/ Where Happily Ever After is Always on the Menu! Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Darlene Marshall http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2010/06/04/writing-the-difficult-heroine/comment-page-1/#comment-24369 Darlene Marshall Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:30:36 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/?p=771#comment-24369 Lyn--Me too! I definitely had Marilyn's "look" from <i>7 Year Itch</i> and <i>Some Like it Hot</i><i> in mind when I was envisioning Daphne. Here's the hero's first impression of her: "Miss Farnham had been gifted with nature’s bounty in all areas, save one: It was his considered opinion that she lacked a brain. Her only purpose in life, as far as he could determine, was to be ornamental."</i> Lyn–Me too! I definitely had Marilyn’s “look” from 7 Year Itch and Some Like it Hot in mind when I was envisioning Daphne. Here’s the hero’s first impression of her:

“Miss Farnham had been gifted with nature’s bounty in all areas, save one: It was his considered opinion that she lacked a brain. Her only purpose in life, as far as he could determine, was to be ornamental.”

]]> By: Lyn http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2010/06/04/writing-the-difficult-heroine/comment-page-1/#comment-24367 Lyn Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:12:50 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/?p=771#comment-24367 I love ditzy heroines like Marilyn Monroe in 7 Year Itch! I love ditzy heroines like Marilyn Monroe in 7 Year Itch!

]]> By: Darlene Marshall http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2010/06/04/writing-the-difficult-heroine/comment-page-1/#comment-24364 Darlene Marshall Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:48:34 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/?p=771#comment-24364 I'm having so much fun with my current villain I'm going to make him the hero of my next book. Of course, my heroine will run rings around him. She's going to be the anti-Daphne and I'm already looking forward to her.[g] But Daphne and Alexander deserve their own HEA, and I'm inching my way there. I’m having so much fun with my current villain I’m going to make him the hero of my next book. Of course, my heroine will run rings around him. She’s going to be the anti-Daphne and I’m already looking forward to her.[g] But Daphne and Alexander deserve their own HEA, and I’m inching my way there.

]]> By: Malcolm R. Campbell http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2010/06/04/writing-the-difficult-heroine/comment-page-1/#comment-24363 Malcolm R. Campbell Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:51:16 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/?p=771#comment-24363 Villains are fun to write. I think a lot of writers feel the same as you do. Getting attuned to a villain offers the same opportunities for authors as a good villain roll offers for a movie actor: a chance to challenge one's talents. Malcolm Villains are fun to write. I think a lot of writers feel the same as you do. Getting attuned to a villain offers the same opportunities for authors as a good villain roll offers for a movie actor: a chance to challenge one’s talents.

Malcolm

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