tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post3939093115555829937..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Umbrellas and Motorcycles by Morgan MandelDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-91149581913124295452009-12-07T13:43:07.719-07:002009-12-07T13:43:07.719-07:00To give another real life example, look at the ser...To give another real life example, look at the series and the book on Rescue Ink, the tattooed big guys who rescue dogs and cats. <br /><br />Of course, most of the things we think about are inspirational, the ones in which people of whom we don't have great expectations perform admirably. Better than thinking about the nicely dressed, pleasant woman who tied her 6 year old granddaughter to a chair and starved her as punishment for stealing food. There's a disconnect in expectations.<br /><br />JeanneBPL Refhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206148409183653691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-74430937594536476762009-12-07T13:11:24.215-07:002009-12-07T13:11:24.215-07:00My character in Sarah's Journey did things I w...My character in Sarah's Journey did things I would never have the courage to do...but then she had little choice after becoming the only survivor of a wagon train massacre. I think we often write about things we wouldn't be brave enough to face. I know in my Erotica, Searchers, my heroine became the sexual being I've never been, taking risks and being daring about when and where she had sex. Writing gives us such freedom to use our imaginations...but I confess, most of the ideas belong to my characters and not me. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683064637626718318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-52641405978329856012009-12-07T05:58:35.285-07:002009-12-07T05:58:35.285-07:00I have a tough-guy protagonist that is smoker, dri...I have a tough-guy protagonist that is smoker, drinker, has a motorcycle...and hates spiders. He also gets seasick.Carrie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-73168153104648368732009-12-07T05:26:19.349-07:002009-12-07T05:26:19.349-07:00In Donald Maass' workshop and workbook he has ...In Donald Maass' workshop and workbook he has us do an exercise where you write one thing your character would absolutely not do, then write a scene where she does it. It turned into one of the most powerful scenes in my WIP.Shannon Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540336783142324746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-86842163450376591152009-12-07T04:24:17.816-07:002009-12-07T04:24:17.816-07:00I put a bit of a twist on a character who worked t...I put a bit of a twist on a character who worked topless in a nightclub. In the opening chapter you meet her at work. In the second chapter you see her leaving work, jumping into her rattletrap car and racing to get to her GED classes.<br /><br />Helen<br /><a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Straight From Hel</a>Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.com