<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by genecatlow:
<B>What I gain from their statements, Jen, is
that I've done what I set out to do - that is,
clearly define my characters. What they may
perceive as something 'wrong' is simply their
own interpretation. I'm personally satisfied
that I've been sucessful in <I>giving</I> them
someone to interpret in the first place.
Whether or not they would create such a
character the way *I* did it is of course
where opinion comes into play. I differentiate
between negative criticism and negative opinion.
Negative criticism is along the lines of "Your
art sucks", "I can't figure out what you're
trying to say", "You know, you really oughta
take more time trying to make your images tell
a story rather than just throwing anything up
there", and so forth. Negaive opinion is more
along the lines of what's been said recently.
Which I have no problem with at all.<P>I would only say: don't worry about it. For me,
the satisfaction is in being able to create
my story the way <I>I</I> want to. So far I
haven't been told that I'm doing a bad job at
telling it, only that individual readers don't
go for this part or that part. And that's cool.
I can't make everybody happy, but I've made
a greater number of them happy, and that
makes me happy. I hope that, within your own
personal storytelling milieu, and in your own
personal way, you will be able to create a
work that will make *you* happy. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.g ... CKQUOTE><P>
Well, yes... although I must admit that sometimes negative (or, "opposite," at least) opinion still bothers me... The most opposite I can think of is how G.R. Eddy portrayed Sir Kain as a Paladin. Hopefully no one gets THAT drasticly "wrong" an impression of my characters, but with something like that, it's a wonder whether people are actually paying attention, or if they think a "character" is just a poseable costume with no guiding rules to go by... <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/frown.gif"><P>Which is why it bothers me some when someone says, "So-and-so is my favorite character [solely] because he's so KYOOTE!!" <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/confused.gif">
