User blog comment:Ahalosniper/A Short Respite/@comment-131756-20100210223350

Bravo. And in the also semi-famous words of author Ernest Hemmingway, "I write about people, not characters. Characters are caricatures".

I do understand what you mean though. I'm currently working on a novel series (which, with luck, will get a chance at publishing in a mere month and a half!!) and I know what it's like to feel sorry for a character. It's kinda regrettable when you have to kill or corrupt a character