Monday, April 21, 2014

Faults of the Soul: Part 2 and 3

Frigidity
  • Do not contradict the humanity of the character you have created, because your readers will not forgive you. 
    • We've talked quite a bit about making choices as a writer that make for a consistent characterization. You must intuitively and consciously work towards making a character act within the disposition and facts you've given prior.
    • A father who loves his son and is professed to do so for ever will not be justified into torturing him later on in the story.

Mannered Writing
  • A writer who cares more about the aesthetics than her or his characters and plots is walking a fine line between genius and egocentricity, balancing on the later. 
  • Try to work on parts of a story when you find that they fit a repetitive act for you as the writer--when the act itself draws attention away from the story itself. 

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