tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post7794764588312216939..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Character Backgrounds1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-15438584791088172512011-11-10T09:09:38.113-08:002011-11-10T09:09:38.113-08:00@ Sarah
Yes, that's a good way of putting it....@ Sarah<br /><br />Yes, that's a good way of putting it. The story reveals the details it needs to keep moving.1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-3017859269994028672011-11-10T02:35:05.560-08:002011-11-10T02:35:05.560-08:00I very rarely know much about my characters past w...I very rarely know much about my characters past when I begin writing. (I know, I'm breaking the 'rules'), I tend to find that if I need to know why something happened the story will tell me.Sarah Tokeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273148070092101085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-65173214899985653462011-11-10T00:03:57.661-08:002011-11-10T00:03:57.661-08:00@ sue
you are very right. most likely the next sn...@ sue<br /><br />you are very right. most likely the next snippet I post will be one of those background things I don't have an answer to yet... so, you can read and let me know if you'd 100% need a full answer on it.<br /><br />If you remember that first flash fiction piece I wrote, I mentioned that it wasn't *a story* in itself, but the implication of a story. And that's what I 1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-54361875835698195922011-11-09T23:26:18.474-08:002011-11-09T23:26:18.474-08:00I think it comes down to the character being consi...I think it comes down to the character being consistent, as the reader has come to understand them: if the character does something out of place and it's rooted in the past then the reader, unless they know/guess something of that, is going to be seriously confused.<br /><br />I personally tend to try to know a lot about my characters, but it's more by developing their family and the alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-79147909714291566402011-11-09T10:33:39.233-08:002011-11-09T10:33:39.233-08:00no past events unless they directly correlate with...no past events unless they directly correlate with the present.prerna picketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207620652405474672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-50198831656947007232011-11-09T09:23:27.378-08:002011-11-09T09:23:27.378-08:00I guess depends how long a story this will be if n...I guess depends how long a story this will be if no background on characters - but this is so character driven that some back story I feel is required. Otherwise too many questions raised for reader. You’re correct the story is how they have each other to lean on - but is that enough?<br /><br />Due to my background perhaps, the backstory is the story for my characters. My main characters have suehttp://sassyspeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com