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Two writing observations
Oct. 12th, 2008 11:22 pmLooking over stuff for a story project I'm working on building the world to, and I realized two things:
First, I somehow ended up with a version of Barack Obama in here. For the record, this character was in existence before Obama came along, but when I found myself writing in this guy's description that he wants to "lead the people from the ground up" I paused and went "Waiiiittt a minute..." I'd been saying that exact same thing while canvassing for Obama! When I told mom that she suggested that it's because it's an archetypal thing, but it was still pretty funny, like the time I realized that one group of people are a lot like Unitarian Universalists. I swear it's not (consciously) on purpose!
Second, that if I'm not careful I could turn the toughest character into a woobie. I already have a designated woobie, so I don't need to have two or to degrade a naturally tough character. Basically I'll need to balance out the sympathy earning qualities with enough backbone to show that he can take care of himself.
I'm still laughing about the first one, though. Who'd have thought?
First, I somehow ended up with a version of Barack Obama in here. For the record, this character was in existence before Obama came along, but when I found myself writing in this guy's description that he wants to "lead the people from the ground up" I paused and went "Waiiiittt a minute..." I'd been saying that exact same thing while canvassing for Obama! When I told mom that she suggested that it's because it's an archetypal thing, but it was still pretty funny, like the time I realized that one group of people are a lot like Unitarian Universalists. I swear it's not (consciously) on purpose!
Second, that if I'm not careful I could turn the toughest character into a woobie. I already have a designated woobie, so I don't need to have two or to degrade a naturally tough character. Basically I'll need to balance out the sympathy earning qualities with enough backbone to show that he can take care of himself.
I'm still laughing about the first one, though. Who'd have thought?
