Personalities

6/15/2012

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It can be hard to make a character in a story human.  What I mean by that is to have the character be a almost real person with real attitudes and feelings.  A making that character have attitudes, feelings, and behaviors can be hard.  It's best to just gradually let the reader know who the character is, rather than just saying.  "He was a annoying and bothersome person." Although some of that can be okay it's a good idea to describe a character in the actions that they do, not just saying what they are like.
Making a character "humanized" can be difficult,but once you get used to how to do it, it'll come easy.  If you wanted an annoying and dirty character always lurking hunched by another persons legs, that character could by constantly agreeing with everything the other person does and disagreeing, so that there is always something around to bother the main character.
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Frank Ramirez
6/19/2012 12:05:38 pm

I have been reading your June entries this evening -- when I ought to be working on something on deadline! :-)8 However, writers tend to find distractions! This particular entry says something very important which tells me you're ahead of many of the writers I work with. Yes, you have to show us your character, not tell us. When someone sends one of those boring forwards which begins by saying something like "You will need kleenex because this is very sad," of course it doesn't make us sad. It's usually not well written. On the other hand, when you have made characters come alive, when the reader has established relationships that matter, then the reader will react -- with laughter, tears, outrage -- whatever emotion you are trying to draw out of us. Very good point.

I am also encouraged that you are working on your third draft. Rewriting is just as important as writing. I would even say it is more important.

I look forward to reading TTT when it is ready. Keep plugging away. I am very encouraged by your observations. They make it clear you are ready to work at writing! And the best way to work at writing is to write! It sounds obvious, but you would be surprised how many people say that they would like to be a writer, but don't want to write.

More later.

Frank Ramirez

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