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The heroines in 'That's What She Said' are flawed, messy, damaged, hilarious and culpable and not really concerned about being acceptable to the audience in any traditional sense, which for me is what makes them all the more gorgeous. And the fearless truth of that is what makes it funny.
Carrie Preston / Film Actress
Hilarious
Acceptable
Concerned
Flawed
Gorgeous
Heroines
Messy
Traditional
Funny Truth Me
Damaged
Traditional Sense
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Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all the stuff that I love - 'Trojan horse' it. There are so many great YA heroines, and that's fantastic, but what about the emotionally complex boy out there? That's who I tend to write about.
Patrick Ness / Author
Framework
Heroines
Horse
Plot
Love Great Things
Drape
Emotionally
Ya
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My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.
Joanne Harris / Author
Hero
Heroines
Incomplete
Introspective
Isolated
Past
People
Unhappy
Heroes
Anarchic
Past People Way
Confrontational
Damaged
Dragged
Secretly
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In those early days, the important thing was the happy ending. I did not tolerate unhappy endings - for my heroines, anyway. And later on, I began to read things like 'Wuthering Heights,' and very, very unhappy endings would take place, so I changed my ideas completely and went in for the tragic, which I enjoyed.
Alice Munro / Author
Happy
Changed
Enjoyed
Heroines
Ideas
Tolerate
Tragic
Unhappy
Anyway
Did
Began
Days
Read
Early
Early Days
Ending
Happy Ending
Heights
Important Thing
Later
Place
Wuthering
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I do mourn my characters. I wrote an essay once where I was sure that far back in a marsh there was a hummock - a little hill of hardwoods - and an old farm house, where all the heroines in my novels lived together with all my beloved dead dogs. I've discussed this with my therapist, naturally. He says it's okay in fair amounts.
Jim Harrison / Author
Amount
Beloved
Heroines
House
Mourn
Okay
Together
Sure
Naturally
Characters
Dead
Discussed
Dogs
Essay
Fair
Far
Marsh
Novels
Says
Therapist
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I really want to do roles that have some substance, and I hope writers give us that importance. I can't alone stand up and demand roles like that. It's a collective thing. Writers have to believe in heroines and understand that there's more to a woman than just her curves. It's not that they can't do it. They just choose not to.
Raashi Khanna /
Curves
Demand
Heroines
Substance
Collective
Stand Up
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