tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post3497537807742522188..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: ARE YOU A CAT OR A DOG PERSON?Rae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-37795785808970339612013-07-22T20:16:08.713+01:002013-07-22T20:16:08.713+01:00Of course not. As long as you're a writer per...Of course not. As long as you're a writer person!Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-85318794558331505792013-07-22T14:43:48.750+01:002013-07-22T14:43:48.750+01:00Wild animals? Now there's a thought! We have a...Wild animals? Now there's a thought! We have a fox who often sits on our top lawn sunning himself, raises an ear if I go out there (at a distance) to hang out washing, but otherwise ignores us all. And badgers who have beaten a very difined path over the years to get at worms in our bottom law, digging it over from time to time, but do no other damage and which we rarely see. Of course there is Kes......but I was thinking more animals in, say, an historical romance or a hot contemporary....thinking cap on now!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-15505829497814890122013-07-22T14:40:50.817+01:002013-07-22T14:40:50.817+01:00Oh my, full house chez Stwart, then? Not sure wha...Oh my, full house chez Stwart, then? Not sure what it says about my character - as opposed to a character's character if you know what I mean - that I am not,at the end of the day, a pet person.....hmm, am I going to be excommunicated???Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-63522855925201843152013-07-22T14:39:34.405+01:002013-07-22T14:39:34.405+01:00Ah, Jenny, but that's what blogs are for....to...Ah, Jenny, but that's what blogs are for....to disagree as much as to agree. Chocolate lab......we have a visiting one next door to us here - and what a character! Might have to fit him in now....:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-75389369233278870112013-07-22T14:37:57.425+01:002013-07-22T14:37:57.425+01:00So, a cat person then, Jennifer??? I wasn't re...So, a cat person then, Jennifer??? I wasn't really thinking of novels where cats/dogs/horses/donkeys are crucial to the plot, but where they - perhaps - add another dimension to the hero's/heroine's character......hmmmm, wondering now if I can get an animal into wip....hmmmm.Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-1664444883522366252013-07-22T14:35:51.863+01:002013-07-22T14:35:51.863+01:00REading your reply I'm wondering if, as writer...REading your reply I'm wondering if, as writers, we are concentrating hard on the emtion between human characeters - especially in a romance of whatever heat! - that we don't think about the animal connection???<br />I knew you would all find references to animals in fiction.....clever lot!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-14614843942008833502013-07-20T09:19:09.395+01:002013-07-20T09:19:09.395+01:00I particularly like wild animals and used an eagle...I particularly like wild animals and used an eagle as a fantasy/allegorical element in my first tween book. Only domestic animals I've used are a dog and cat in one WIP - I hadn't planned them, they suddenly appeared in the story but I'm leaving them there! Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-6202833994827409902013-07-18T14:26:17.407+01:002013-07-18T14:26:17.407+01:00I can only think of one novel I have written that ...I can only think of one novel I have written that didn't have animals in it. For some reason I'm particularly fond of dogs in books, like Jenny I htink they help give an insight into the owner's character. In real life, however, I'm mostly a cat person, although you wouldn't necessarily know it - we have 4 dogs and 3 cats in this house!Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-64353754656945192252013-07-18T12:24:51.458+01:002013-07-18T12:24:51.458+01:00Jenny, you know me so well!
Fascinating post, Lin...Jenny, you know me so well!<br /><br />Fascinating post, Linda. I have to confess - I almost always have a cat in there - usually more than one. And I suppose I pretend that they're crucial to the plot, although if I tried most plots would somehow work without.<br /><br />Not that I do try. In my cupboard I have the umpteenth draft of a novel in which a cat played a crucial part. The plot has changed so much that the cat is now a complete irrelevance, to the point at which I can barely remember why he was there - but if I ever dust it down, you can bet your life the cat's there!Jo Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976757854217324838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-89935081576005511962013-07-18T10:29:19.926+01:002013-07-18T10:29:19.926+01:00I can't help disagreeing! I think pets add a f...I can't help disagreeing! I think pets add a further dimension to characters - and offer opportunities for more action and interaction, plus some plot possibilities too. My last hero, Ibsen Brown, had a brown Labrador, who signalled his presence before he appeared and demanded attention at delicate moments.<br /><br />I'm sure Jennifer will have comments on this post!<br /><br />Thanks Linda.Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-20588340324810843892013-07-18T00:12:24.570+01:002013-07-18T00:12:24.570+01:00Ooh, you've got me thinking now, Linda. I don&...Ooh, you've got me thinking now, Linda. I don't have any pets in my work but I do know the power of an animal in a story. I cried buckets over Black Beauty and when I gave it to my son to read - knowing I could not read it aloud to him or I'd weep all over again - he was distraught I'd given him something so sad. And there's Greyfriars Bobby about the dog who refused to leave his master's grave. As for The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, the only think I can remember from reading that many hundreds of years ago, was being terribly upset when she had to shoot her horse. Maybe that's why I don't write animals into my fiction - it would be far too upsetting if anything happened to them. Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.com