For this week's topic, I find myself wondering: which element of fiction do you find the most interesting? Which defines your life/personality/interaction with the world?
What I mean is, do you think characters -- meaning people, their intentions, their motivations, their thoughts and feelings and secrets -- are your focus? Are you a people watcher? Do you decide what you will do in your free time, at least in part, according to who will be there?
Do you focus on plot? Is it all about action, what happens, what's going on? Are you always looking for the peak of excitement, the moments of greatest tension and interest?
Do you pay more attention to the setting, to your surroundings than the people in them, or what might be happening at any given moment?
Or the same sorts of questions for mood, if you focus on the emotional climate of the room.
Or theme, if you are interested only in the purpose of things, the meaning, the true essence, the final result of any sequence of events.
How would you define yourself in these terms? Feel free, of course, to choose a combination of them, so long as you prioritize and explain your choices.
On a side note, does your area of interest affect the kinds of reading you enjoy? The kinds of fiction you write, if you write fiction? Do you start with characters, or with events, or with a scene?
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i think the plot and theme,and the setting are important. the plot because thats what makes the whole story and the meaning of it which includes the theme like they go hand in hand. and the setting because i look at the surroundings more than the people in them.
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