tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post5565678430613712232..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: How to Write Characters Who Don’t All Feel the Same Janice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-4629996171672342812017-07-29T08:51:27.178-04:002017-07-29T08:51:27.178-04:00Absolutely. That's classic POV. Terrific examp...Absolutely. That's classic POV. Terrific examples, too. Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-72283011906564600522017-07-29T08:50:27.205-04:002017-07-29T08:50:27.205-04:00Great question! What typically happens, is you end...Great question! What typically happens, is you end up cutting words in other areas because you no longer need them. You've shown who the character is so you don't need three lines of description someplace else. The writer is overall tighter and doing more with fewer words, so it all balances out. <br /><br />Of course, if all you did was add more without cutting back on unnecessary words, then bloating the novel could indeed happen, but you usually end up with the same or close to the same word count.<br /><br />This is a great topic so I think I'll write more about this next week :) Thanks!Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-91016331281538461962017-07-29T08:44:49.531-04:002017-07-29T08:44:49.531-04:00Good luck! Hope it goes well for you :)Good luck! Hope it goes well for you :)Janice Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-2116975970353421062017-07-29T08:17:12.368-04:002017-07-29T08:17:12.368-04:00I think one of the secrets for nailing this is to ...I think one of the secrets for nailing this is to think about the worldview of the different characters. I have a character that is a very old empress (the antagonist), who lived and ruled for so long and got so tired of the people she rules, she doesn't even care about any problems in the city, because after decades she thinks people bring problems to themselves despite her efforts. In one scene, she walks into a slum in the city and all she can think of is how that part of the city smells badly. Later in the novel, one characters goes to the same slum and is shocked to see how awful living conditions are there.<br /><br />For some, pidgeons are a symbol of peace, for others they are just flying rats.<br /><br />Worldview is deeper than traits or mannerisms and will help to flesh out different voices, but it is still a challenge to make different worldviews to stand out in the pages. Silva Filhonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-45330716167641296282017-07-27T10:43:53.644-04:002017-07-27T10:43:53.644-04:00I'm all for making characters more real, and I...I'm all for making characters more real, and I'm sure my fiction lags in this area. But, the first version of the scene had 78 words, and the last version had 109. That's a 40% increase. So how do you do this without making a 70,000 word novel become a 100,000 word novel?David A. Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964477495167672914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-64010047801987978672017-07-26T16:46:59.446-04:002017-07-26T16:46:59.446-04:00This is something I need to work on. My characters...This is something I need to work on. My characters are monotone just like described in the first part of this post. I do use narrative to get the personalities across but, actually, it is separate from dialogue. I need to change that.Glynis Jollyhttp://ascribedmaze.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com