- Make him/her as smart as possible
- Make him/her as active as possible
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go from Chapter 20 back to Chapter 2 and rewrite an entire character.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Today's Lesson is Brought to You by Hindsight
Whenever at all possible, you should do these things when writing a character:
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go from Chapter 20 back to Chapter 2 and rewrite an entire character.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go from Chapter 20 back to Chapter 2 and rewrite an entire character.
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18 comments:
Ouchie.
Sorry that happened Beth.
All for an even better book though!
Thanks for the advice.
Sending along a pick and shovel. :) Yay to you for going back in.
Thanks for the advice. I'm just wondering, when you say active...you mean active as in she's always doing something productive right? Even if we don't show it.
I'm sorry you hit such a snag... Hope everything works out.
Ugh. Thanks for sharing this with us. I just had to go back to page 1 because I realized there's a way I can make my WIP stronger. I'm feeling your pain.
HA. Oh Beth.
I like dumb characters. If not for them, nobody would ever go in that house.
Because NOBODY in their right mind would go in that house.
Nobody would get in that car, open that door, or look under that bed.
Stupid characters ROCK!
;)
- Eric
Oh man! I'm so sorry you have to rewrite. I hate that.
Haha, the second piece of advice is definitely something I need to follow. Hope the writing's going better now!
Sorry. I hate the long revisions caused by hindsight lessons and being stubborn. Sadly, I've learned from both.
Ha, ha! Love the title of your post. Might have to steal it some time:)
Ouch. I feel your pain. Good luck??
Aiyiyi! I have a character who can't figure out a couple of things until the end of the story. So I tried to establish her early as someone who only sees people as she wants them to be. Hopefully it works! *crosses fingers*
I love your posts! Good luck w/ the re-write--I'm sure it'll be amazing. :)
What a great tip! And it's for little things like this that I love you so - the fact that YOU have to do this sometimes gives ME hope! :-)
Hindsight!!
If only I could have foresight!!
I am stuck. stuck. stuck.
And it sucks. sucks. sucks.
(And making silly rhymes in the comment sections actually makes me giggle...that will let you know how bad it is.)
(Maybe my characters need to be smarter and figure it all out for me!!)
Shelley
Simple and succinct advice. :)
Oh no! I've totally done this. It sucks. You have my empathy.
I love the title of this post.
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