xlix - Day 20 - What are your favorite character interactions to write?

I'm not sure what this question means.  The concept of a "character interaction" seems simple enough but are we talking about things like fights or interactions between specific characters or even specific interactions?

I have no idea. 

In the most general sense I like to write pretty much all character interactions.  I think I'd be barking up the wrong tree if I didn't.  Then again, there is a Tolkien like approach to writing speculative fiction that places a premium on the descriptive facet of narrative.  I'm not sure that kind of writing, which tends to be very wordy, really works outside the realm of fantasy these days.  Anyway, even if the relationships between my characters aren't always going to be the driving force behind all my stories, they still play a primary role in bringing them to life.  It doesn't really matter what kind of interaction it is - positive or negative - if it helps propel the story, I'll be happy writing it.

Which isn't to say I'm good at all of it.  Anything straight forward I can usually manage, but I haven't become comfortable with "cloak and dagger" conversations yet, ones where one or more of the participants have an ulterior motive.  Like Iago in Macbeth.  For that matter, and I suppose it's the same for most novice writers, it's a lot of work to write characters whose personalities are quite different from mine.  As an example, one of my characters has a way of infuriating those he speaks to through seemingly innocuous offhand comments.  Trying to write a conversation that works on two independent levels takes a bit of doing.

But, really, and I can't say this enough, I really like all of it.