tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post8264891515480093475..comments2024-03-28T02:34:34.041-07:00Comments on Rachna's Scriptorium: How Well do you Know your Characters?Rachna Chhabriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-80813389312881708072011-08-10T22:31:00.833-07:002011-08-10T22:31:00.833-07:00Very Good website. I like the contents. From www.r...Very Good website. I like the contents. From www.rightbooks.inrightbooks86https://www.blogger.com/profile/11250876900009107968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-41008262183978614972011-08-08T06:21:02.552-07:002011-08-08T06:21:02.552-07:00I'm afraid I don't do enough in this direc...I'm afraid I don't do enough in this direction, but I think of Enid Blyton, still popular, and she did very little to bring her characters to life. Just followed the same formula, however I think many children expect a little more character development today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957545161716269528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-50844770012878146262011-08-07T21:04:03.189-07:002011-08-07T21:04:03.189-07:00I am planning on doing some similiar character pro...I am planning on doing some similiar character profiles. There are some cool questionaires online. I like your list of questions, too!<br /><br />Also, there's an award for you on my blog!alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122487552931794871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-67658437344124768012011-08-07T17:06:20.593-07:002011-08-07T17:06:20.593-07:00The way I get to know my characters is I draw up t...The way I get to know my characters is I draw up their arcs. I tend not to do interviews (I like to make things difficult for myself--lol).Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-83358777221238926732011-08-07T10:05:42.174-07:002011-08-07T10:05:42.174-07:00Good move, Rachna. This method helps me tremendou...Good move, Rachna. This method helps me tremendously and saves me lots of time when I start writing. If I know my characters well enough at the outset, then I can gauge what their reaction/s will be in pretty much every situation and what will be outside of their range if they do the unthinkable.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-87946950726040405582011-08-07T06:13:28.026-07:002011-08-07T06:13:28.026-07:00Great set of questions. There are a few worksheets...Great set of questions. There are a few worksheets available on the internet which you can use to question your characters and flesh them out more fully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-84301163139937758762011-08-07T00:23:35.588-07:002011-08-07T00:23:35.588-07:00I actually use interviews as well, because they...I actually use interviews as well, because they're a great way to hear the character's voice as well as informative. :-)<br /><br />I have one suggestion, though, don't limit the length of the answers. You might get more information if you leave the character talking freely. <br /><br />Enjoy!Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-15527977390000208102011-08-07T00:01:09.586-07:002011-08-07T00:01:09.586-07:00I have written personality profiles against magazi...I have written personality profiles against magazine pics of people I feel resemble my characters. I have never interviewed my characters. I did read that every person is full of contradictions and that is what makes them human. My MC is something of an emotionally abusive bitch, but she does try to knit sometimes. LOL!<br />The ultimate contradiction is Sayid Jarrah the torturer with a romantic heart of gold in LOST! :O)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-1515138376900532922011-08-06T19:45:07.823-07:002011-08-06T19:45:07.823-07:00reading all the posts you update, I am inspired to...reading all the posts you update, I am inspired to write stories and complete them, as you have suggested before. This post will ready help s how to develop a good character with whom we are well familiar with.<br />Thank you.letrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335213836891074467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-55336333260834377542011-08-06T15:21:01.814-07:002011-08-06T15:21:01.814-07:00Now that is a cool way to get to know your charact...Now that is a cool way to get to know your characters! I never would have thought of that. I 've heard of writing letters to them (although I haven't tried that.) Normally I just draw up work sheets and include the same kind of information as your interviews, but I can see how the interview would bring them closer. Great idea!Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-56742208813947823462011-08-06T09:20:02.312-07:002011-08-06T09:20:02.312-07:00Amazing tip...This way we can imagine every small ...Amazing tip...This way we can imagine every small detail of the character, your methods are really creative....Thank youAnuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909966196924074601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-17079646822107903222011-08-06T06:53:28.774-07:002011-08-06T06:53:28.774-07:00Beckett refrained from elaborating on the characte...Beckett refrained from elaborating on the characters beyond what he had written in his plays. He once recalled when Sir Ralph Richardson sent him a five-page questionnaire wanting to know, as Beckett put it, "the low-down on Pozzo, his home address and curriculum vitae, and seemed to make the forthcoming of this and similar information the condition of his condescending to illustrate the part of Vladimir ... I told him that all I knew about Pozzo was in the text, that if I had known more I would have put it in the text, and that was true also of the other characters."<br /><br />I’ve tried to write histories for my characters and failed miserably. Like Beckett they exist for me only in the confines of the novel. If they happen to remember the past all fine and well but I find that all I need to know about them comes to me as I write. It’s like getting into conversation with a stranger on a train. In the hour or two you’re with them you might learn quite a lot but there will be so much you never knew. That’s why readers have imaginations. My forthcoming novel <i>Milligan and Murphy</i> is really based on me asking the kind of question that Beckett refused to – and was probably incapable of – answering: What were Didi and Gogo like then they were young?<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-12569405839178234622011-08-06T03:52:54.262-07:002011-08-06T03:52:54.262-07:00...traigo
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A really...An interesting insight into your methods. A really engaging post.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-88893784475982732912011-08-05T13:50:10.061-07:002011-08-05T13:50:10.061-07:00I create a character analysis from the view point ...I create a character analysis from the view point of a psychiatrist - they can't keep any secrets from me! Nice post - thanks!Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-49351390889707946582011-08-05T13:45:59.007-07:002011-08-05T13:45:59.007-07:00This is a great idea. I need to try it with my cha...This is a great idea. I need to try it with my characters in my current WIP. Thanks for the tip!<br />Have a great weekend. :)Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-69771232463761047782011-08-05T11:03:12.020-07:002011-08-05T11:03:12.020-07:00I usually try to ask my character the same questio...I usually try to ask my character the same questions I would if I met a new person for the first time. By the second draft I know them pretty well, but they key is getting the read to know them well also.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793077012143289985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-60295632044374085102011-08-05T10:01:51.457-07:002011-08-05T10:01:51.457-07:00Your methods of getting to know your characters ar...Your methods of getting to know your characters are interesting. I know people who go through methods similar to yours. I don't do anything too formal. I write, I have days in between when I don't. Those are the times I think about my characters.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-60195317103549270382011-08-05T09:01:32.974-07:002011-08-05T09:01:32.974-07:00I LOVE this post. It sounds like a fun thing to do...I LOVE this post. It sounds like a fun thing to do and it will help in getting into each character's skin. Thanks for sharing this wonderful technique :)Maya Sharmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-34934698404506048752011-08-05T08:40:57.525-07:002011-08-05T08:40:57.525-07:00I definitely do character sheets. Sometimes I end...I definitely do character sheets. Sometimes I end up tossing a lot of those ideas, but it helps turn them more human before I start writing.Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-57135000434881311862011-08-05T08:14:13.121-07:002011-08-05T08:14:13.121-07:00My writing mentor told me years ago to have my cha...My writing mentor told me years ago to have my characters write me a letter telling me all their fears, joys, loves, etc. I don't have them write me a letter physically, but I play interviewer for sure when I'm learning about them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694966948181862580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-21877055414952639612011-08-05T06:40:05.421-07:002011-08-05T06:40:05.421-07:00Very cool! and I think acting as a journo to inter...Very cool! and I think acting as a journo to interview your readers is a good idea - I've heard that suggested before.D. U. Okonkwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900694425526387930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083612851716281896.post-61548091525543938622011-08-05T05:36:14.346-07:002011-08-05T05:36:14.346-07:00Wow..what a lovely post. I enjoyed reading the qu...Wow..what a lovely post. I enjoyed reading the questions you are going to ask your characters. I only wish you will post the answers too...it will be fun to read them. Hope you don't mind :)Seema Rathorenoreply@blogger.com