Over in the supporting characters poll , I suggested a new poll on which characters authors hate to write or have the most trouble getting down 'on paper' successfully.

So I thought I'd ask the question here instead. Rather than have to make up a specific list of characters for a poll which may or may not contain the character an author is thinking about as an answer. laugh This seems simpler.

So...which character drives you to frustration as you write by being totally un-cooperative - and why? Is it a character you feel unable to empathise or connect with? A character you just dislike? Or do you feel they are so complex that you just cannot get them right?

For myself...I can't say that there are any characters which really fall into the category. But there were certainly a few that I felt afraid to tackle. Lex. Martha. In the end, I was happy with the result, but it was daunting to start with.

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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

The Musketeers