tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post8802040336822211262..comments2024-02-24T00:56:47.853-08:00Comments on Trisha Leaver, YA Author: Writing Pet PeevesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736441732672508192noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-88965085252480277502011-02-14T15:07:25.537-08:002011-02-14T15:07:25.537-08:00Well I have too many to list, so i will just laugh...Well I have too many to list, so i will just laugh at all the ones above and be done with it.<br /><br />yes its a cop out, but there you have it. i need to get writing. (oh sorry about the cop out Lindsay) :-)<br /><br />great post. Happy crusading and nice to meet you!<br /><br />ConstanceSarah Ketleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421335686195152108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-11625428456078913852011-02-09T04:47:06.142-08:002011-02-09T04:47:06.142-08:00I hate cop outs. As in "it was all a dream&q...I hate cop outs. As in "it was all a dream" or a critical character goes unconscious and can't really relay what happened next, which is the thing everyone was waiting to hear! I like the characters to make a choice, not to have it made for them.Lindsay N. Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347055390748782853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-63965112538916034742011-02-08T15:14:46.697-08:002011-02-08T15:14:46.697-08:00It bothers me when you can tell if a character is ...It bothers me when you can tell if a character is good or bad just based on their appearance.Heather Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181976810034907941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-79499995969063132392011-02-08T15:14:39.686-08:002011-02-08T15:14:39.686-08:00A pet peeve of mine is when things are too conveni...A pet peeve of mine is when things are too convenient for a character--no matter what it is. "We need to escape--oh look, there's a magical un-piloted helicopter right over there! Let's go use it!" <br /><br />Or, 'hm, these characters should kiss, I'll just make the girl stumble and fall onto the guy and their lips'll meet perfectly and voila!"<br /><br />No thank you.Devin Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778910287345364738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-51646798630477083022011-02-08T13:25:51.989-08:002011-02-08T13:25:51.989-08:00Oh yours are great. Mine would be the damsel in d...Oh yours are great. Mine would be the damsel in distress. Does she really have to wait for the hero to open the door for her. I can't stand for a female to sit by and "need" someone to save her. <br /><br />Hi to a fellow crusader!!L.A. Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660594640480581883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-67279678324613471792011-02-08T08:31:51.516-08:002011-02-08T08:31:51.516-08:00OMG I love all of yours. I could list dozens, whi...OMG I love all of yours. I could list dozens, which sounds awful because they're 'pet peeves' but really, for me a 'pet peeve' is just something that sticks in my head and makes me remember it with a bad taste in my mouth. Usually, they aren't things that ruin a book for me. That said the combination of eyebrow/squinting eyes/vampires should never NEVER be used again.<br /><br />For me, a pet peeve that really WILL upset a book is the classic bad guy who never really does anything all that bad and turns out to actually have a heart of gold scenario. DO NOT go to lengths to describe a guy's 'bad assedness' to me if he's going to run into traffic after a kitten. Do I WANT him to save the kitten? OF COURSE. But would a genuine bad guy risk his neck for a scrawny, undersized fuzzball that's likely going to cut him long wide and deep in its terror? No freaking way. I want a bad guy to be bad. Otherwise, he's just a good guy poser to me.<br /><br />Another grievance would be the whole 'I'm just an average ordinary girl, there's NOTHING special about me in the slightest never mind that three packs of werewolves two warlocks and several species of alien are trying to take me hostage' scenario. I mean really? I love a good ordinary girl. But she has to BE ordinary. And frankly, I'm ordinary for the most part, and trust me, there are NO aliens or other cool creatures knocking on my door. So either make your 'average girl' average, or make her ACCEPT that she's NOT actually average when the s*#t hits the fan and stuff goes down. Otherwise she's just whiny and I'm jealous because awesome (if maybe bad) stuff is happening to her.<br /><br />Whew. Sorry about the blather...Artemis Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849091563671031929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-82472051182471261232011-02-08T07:16:30.853-08:002011-02-08T07:16:30.853-08:00I find myself editing out "narrowed eyes"...I find myself editing out "narrowed eyes" and "raised eyebrows" from my drafts. They always sneak in! <br /><br />Personally, I don't like when a character "looks to be" something:<br /><br />'The man looked to be in his early twenties.'<br />'I'm looking to be in Sales, after I graduate.'<br /><br />Sounds...inarticulate, to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899768909313326172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-53014739083270435962011-02-08T07:14:45.560-08:002011-02-08T07:14:45.560-08:00The one I'm guilty of is pouting/winking. Appa...The one I'm guilty of is pouting/winking. Apparently, my characters have some serious facial twitches (oh, and that eye narrowing thing you mentioned).<br /><br />The one that really bugs me and I don't know why - someone absentmindedly biting the inside of their cheek/lip so hard it bleeds freely.<br /><br />Or the bad boy who's all evil (sometimes literally) until love turns him completely angelic (sometimes literally).Loralie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134452749240292803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-57597518156550488982011-02-08T06:18:20.044-08:002011-02-08T06:18:20.044-08:00What about the over-accomplished teenage boy who i...What about the over-accomplished teenage boy who is model gorgeous? You know the one I'm taking about. He's either a concert pianist or DaVinci-type artist. <br /><br />Or a poet...yeah. That one gets me every time.Becky Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880501542510014819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991416410311733321.post-85073962516571841712011-02-08T05:57:28.200-08:002011-02-08T05:57:28.200-08:00What about the girl who tells the guy she doesn...What about the girl who tells the guy she doesn't love him for his own good/safety? C'mon...seriously?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com