ash
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Post by ash on Sept 2, 2008 20:31:55 GMT -5
Has anyone ever had difficulty at first with getting to know your characters? Terrence has me in circles about who he is.  |
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Post by Tensleep on Sept 3, 2008 1:14:21 GMT -5
I find that I have the same problem sometimes. There are at least three that come to mind that manage to throw me for a loop often. I think it's because they are always evolving and changing. It makes it hard to keep up with them, even in my own mind
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cooroo
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Post by cooroo on Sept 3, 2008 2:17:28 GMT -5
Some characters definitely take me a while to get to know. I like knowing what my character would do in a situation and, more importantly, why. I often come up with characters before I come up with a story (which sometimes causes problems because I can't find a plot to fit my characters), and I take a lot of time working out who they are before I even start planning out the story. Sometimes, though, I do have a little difficultly knowing who my character is. I've been wondering lately what one of them actually does in his spare time, weird as that sounds. If your having problems, though, ash, there's a book you might want to check out. It's called 'Building Believable Characters' by Marc McCutcheon. It has a questionnaire for your character, which I'm working on right now. It's really helping me get to know them  |
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Post by missmouse on Sept 3, 2008 11:09:56 GMT -5
Yes, but it's my own silly fault. I make them WAY too human than they need to be, so it makes them difficult to 'get'.
Like, I need to know what my character did, and would have liked to have done, for his ninth birthday. Until I can pinpoint EVERYTHING, concrete, about their life, I don't feel like I 'know' them.
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Post by murderofcrows on Sept 3, 2008 11:49:34 GMT -5
If your having problems, though, ash, there's a book you might want to check out. It's called 'Building Believable Characters' by Marc McCutcheon. It has a questionnaire for your character, which I'm working on right now. It's really helping me get to know them oo, that sounds really really cool! thanks for the hint, i'll have to check that out! i've been worried about a couple of my characters in my original fantasy fic, whether they're believable or not |
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ash
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Post by ash on Sept 3, 2008 16:25:39 GMT -5
The book is real good idea,CooRoo, I think that would work. I kinda have the same problem I like to know what my character's do and why.
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greasergirlheart14
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Ok... so this website doesn't seem to want to use the icon I gave a link to... >:(
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Post by greasergirlheart14 on Aug 6, 2010 12:53:27 GMT -5
lmao, I've looked back at some notes from when I first started my story/creating my OC.... and she has changed SOOO much (not in the story... but in my mind) and I really like how she has turned out. But I just laugh at myself looking back at how I started Emma Smith/Winston XD
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