tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post806441480830767806..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: What a Character!Danihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-26424225475771986082010-05-30T07:28:02.639-06:002010-05-30T07:28:02.639-06:00As long as a character taps into some primal urge ...As long as a character taps into some primal urge - hunger, fear, maternal protection, etc - and explores the urge through conflict, I'm usually hooked. This list is great. I would add that it should serve more as a guide rather than a play by numbers device...otherwise we risk sounding artificial in our writing.Café Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356527115662788903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-40514822630399184192010-05-24T15:30:25.106-06:002010-05-24T15:30:25.106-06:00Heidi, this is a fantastic—and practical—post! It ...Heidi, this is a fantastic—and practical—post! It drives home the point that readers must be touched in some way by the characters, but those characters must be larger than life. <br /><br />This is a particularly good quote (from the book by Donald Maas): Do what we in real life wouldn’t do—Act in ways that are unusual, unexpected, dramatic . . . . Hey, this sells books, and that's the goal for most of us writers.Linda Lanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-68466399176851426982010-05-21T12:39:20.746-06:002010-05-21T12:39:20.746-06:00Wow. Thank you for this. Especially for highligh...Wow. Thank you for this. Especially for highlighting what Maas said about showing strength. I am going to totally rethink a character based on this. <br /><br />Thank you, thank you, thank.tangerinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-6278937769649255902010-05-20T18:48:03.968-06:002010-05-20T18:48:03.968-06:00I'm so glad this post was helpful to you all. ...I'm so glad this post was helpful to you all. Thank you, Ann,and all who commented.Heidiwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593338979995203659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-3776838228582650632010-05-20T12:51:59.782-06:002010-05-20T12:51:59.782-06:00Very useful post. Thank you. Glad to have found th...Very useful post. Thank you. Glad to have found this blog.<br /><br />KatKat Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176200521240664479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-83805947505333374402010-05-20T06:20:27.076-06:002010-05-20T06:20:27.076-06:00I really like the point about how the character mi...I really like the point about how the character might want one thing (Scarlett wants Ashley) but in fact be barking up the wrong tree. And about the character yearning to attain something that is missing. Great post - I'm off to tweet!Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-60997623442218085722010-05-19T20:48:43.058-06:002010-05-19T20:48:43.058-06:00What a great approach to characterization. Thanks ...What a great approach to characterization. Thanks for this.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-26773310280632258942010-05-19T17:01:01.872-06:002010-05-19T17:01:01.872-06:00Excellent post Heidi. I think characterisation is ...Excellent post Heidi. I think characterisation is all about relationships; even self-relating. Characters provide the reader with information about each other as they interact.<br /><br /><br />Elle<br /><a href="http://hearwritenow.com/" rel="nofollow">HearWriteNow</a><br /><a href="http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Blood-Red Pencil</a>Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-64911230722112709422010-05-19T12:03:51.284-06:002010-05-19T12:03:51.284-06:00I'm so glad I found you.
This is especially ...I'm so glad I found you. <br /><br />This is especially excellent:<br />1. Introduce a character (age, sex).<br />2. Bring character home to dwelling place<br />3. Greet someone in the home, tell something about the mood of the char.<br />4. Move character out of room (off camera).<br />It's almost exactly like a scene from a movie. Only that the mood of the character on-screen has to come from what he says and how he reacts to the "someone" which is reflected in both dialogue and facial expressions. etc (no author to tell us what the character is thinking/feeling).<br />What you have posted here is so excellent I'm copying it for future reference.<br />I am now going to look up Cowgirl Dreams.Ann Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628616245339887301noreply@blogger.com