Comments on: Revelations of Character http://written-whispers.com/blog/2008/03/03/revelations-of-character/ Spiritually Strange and Grammaticly Screwed Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Spirit http://written-whispers.com/blog/2008/03/03/revelations-of-character/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Spirit Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://tryingtoexport.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/revelations-of-character/#comment-1105 J1M: I think it was meant to be, this whole thing. First writing, or viewing at least, the story from Hope's pov (OMG it just occured to me that I wrote the wrong character in, Amber is a similar char in another story *slaps head*) and then viewing it from Emily's. It's helped me look so far into Hope's mind and now I'll be able to do the same thing with Emily. A facinating experience.<br/><br/>It's amazing what characters do when left alone to stew in our minds. We only need to have our senses focussed in the right spots to pick up on what they're saying and how we need to express it.<br/><br/>Yeah, the Nanowrimo was awesome but it sucks so much to write all that and then realize you need to make large changes because that's just the way the story goes. My begginning ended up as my ending and my ending ended up somewhere in the middle and my main char swapped genders. :D Gotta love it. J1M: I think it was meant to be, this whole thing. First writing, or viewing at least, the story from Hope’s pov (OMG it just occured to me that I wrote the wrong character in, Amber is a similar char in another story *slaps head*) and then viewing it from Emily’s. It’s helped me look so far into Hope’s mind and now I’ll be able to do the same thing with Emily. A facinating experience.

It’s amazing what characters do when left alone to stew in our minds. We only need to have our senses focussed in the right spots to pick up on what they’re saying and how we need to express it.

Yeah, the Nanowrimo was awesome but it sucks so much to write all that and then realize you need to make large changes because that’s just the way the story goes. My begginning ended up as my ending and my ending ended up somewhere in the middle and my main char swapped genders. :D Gotta love it.

]]> By: j1m http://written-whispers.com/blog/2008/03/03/revelations-of-character/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 j1m Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://tryingtoexport.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/revelations-of-character/#comment-1104 something i've occasionally done is to step away from a story and write it from the other character's perspective. the same scene, just another view. i even set this as a writing prompt on a crit site at least once. it can not only show you more of your perceived main character, but also insights into your secondary characters, which can they influence your primary character again. i wrote about 40000 words of a novel during one nanawrimo (i believe), before finally accepting that the character i was focusing on simply wasn't the right one; but a secondary one i kept being pulled to was the main catalyst. funny how these things happen. but yeah, joy. :-) something i’ve occasionally done is to step away from a story and write it from the other character’s perspective. the same scene, just another view. i even set this as a writing prompt on a crit site at least once. it can not only show you more of your perceived main character, but also insights into your secondary characters, which can they influence your primary character again. i wrote about 40000 words of a novel during one nanawrimo (i believe), before finally accepting that the character i was focusing on simply wasn’t the right one; but a secondary one i kept being pulled to was the main catalyst. funny how these things happen. but yeah, joy. :-)

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