Comments on: Writer-as-protagonist in story http://reesabrown.com/2010/01/20/writer-as-protagonist-in-story/ the life and writerly times of Reesa Brown Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:36:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Reesa http://reesabrown.com/2010/01/20/writer-as-protagonist-in-story/#comment-624 Reesa Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:51:59 +0000 http://reesabrown.com/?p=398#comment-624 @Matt - Ahh interesting, I hadn't thought about the correlation to Mary Sueism but it makes sense. And I agree that whatever writing line you're trying to balance on it, you've fallen off if you kick your reader out of the story. @Matt - Ahh interesting, I hadn’t thought about the correlation to Mary Sueism but it makes sense. And I agree that whatever writing line you’re trying to balance on it, you’ve fallen off if you kick your reader out of the story.

]]> By: Matt Maker http://reesabrown.com/2010/01/20/writer-as-protagonist-in-story/#comment-617 Matt Maker Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:13:29 +0000 http://reesabrown.com/?p=398#comment-617 The temptation you mention sounds like it's related to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue problem. I don't mind a writer "writing what they know" -- is there any writer who doesn't borrow liberally from the lives of people they know for story details? -- but if you overdo it, you break the spell and jar the reader right out of your storyspace. The temptation you mention sounds like it’s related to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue problem.

I don’t mind a writer “writing what they know” — is there any writer who doesn’t borrow liberally from the lives of people they know for story details? — but if you overdo it, you break the spell and jar the reader right out of your storyspace.

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