tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post7300384795791375279..comments2024-03-29T08:43:14.075-05:00Comments on Such Stuff: Well Behaved Women Seldom Make... Great ProtagonistsSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441067291467421356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-70934109697282548892017-03-23T13:56:58.465-05:002017-03-23T13:56:58.465-05:00I love that! I think you are right, that a "g...I love that! I think you are right, that a "good girl" character just needs to be written in the right way, because I totally relate. I was a good girl, but my thoughts were funny and interesting. I think I wanted Annabelle to have some more humor, or anger, or something to make her more interesting, even if she was such a good girl on the outside.<br /><br />And I love that you are an 84-year-old woman at heart (sometimes, old people are the most interesting of all!).Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727226129280965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-31481759425839785292017-03-23T13:52:26.185-05:002017-03-23T13:52:26.185-05:00Doesn't surprise me at all you were good about...Doesn't surprise me at all you were good about housework. :)Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727226129280965650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-23004158007407145362017-03-20T18:09:57.920-05:002017-03-20T18:09:57.920-05:00On a similar but not quite related thought, I was ...On a similar but not quite related thought, I was remembering recently how the "bad kids" in school usually seemed to like me. Like you, I was a shy, rule-following, teacher's dream, so I often got assigned a seat next to the disruptive kids because I would supposedly be a good influence on them. It always baffled me that those kids liked me - sometimes they would tease or try to get a reaction out of me, but it was always good-natured. I would have thought that they would scorn me as a goody-goody. <br /><br />I think it's really, really hard to write a true-to-life good girl, but I think those characters would be more interesting if they were written more accurately. I was always rule-following and obedient at school, but the thoughts running through my head definitely weren't bland.<br /><br />I've gotten more rebellious and more outspoken as I've gotten older, so I hope I wouldn't be a bland character in my present form....although I'm also an 84-year-old woman at heart. I don't know how exciting a character who lies around reading all the time would be!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338949204492816733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8559247687312084765.post-71311335604137069702017-03-20T15:12:11.725-05:002017-03-20T15:12:11.725-05:00Oh now I know why we get on so well, we're sou...Oh now I know why we get on so well, we're soul sisters, though actually I was good about housework, blush. <br />But yes you're right, though we may be a breath of relaxation to our parents, we're boring on paperErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.com