tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post8816735958772313036..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: How to Motivate a Character In Ways Your Reader Will Relate ToStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-23934351212561891452015-08-20T22:54:11.726-05:002015-08-20T22:54:11.726-05:00Hum...Good idea.Hum...Good idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-4043983456778956162015-08-20T18:23:07.703-05:002015-08-20T18:23:07.703-05:00Her sister is probably doesn't have the surviv...Her sister is probably doesn't have the survival skills the MC has. Since the MC has control over the meds, I'm guessing her sister is younger, or in some kind of medical condition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-63042186393619011522015-08-19T05:13:14.840-05:002015-08-19T05:13:14.840-05:00In my current WIP, Stolen Time, Atarah's choic...In my current WIP, Stolen Time, Atarah's choice doesn't seem like a big one. She chooses to take her brother's hand, to trust him again... and that leads to greater trouble.Rebekah D. Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216040512555099417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-37765597543937015172015-08-18T20:45:59.300-05:002015-08-18T20:45:59.300-05:00Why would the sister die anyway?Why would the sister die anyway?pgacnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01868397677690901418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-73589596341202049102015-08-18T20:01:30.168-05:002015-08-18T20:01:30.168-05:00Love this post, very interesting! I hadn't rea...Love this post, very interesting! I hadn't really thought about that. I really like the point you make about the character choosing rather than thrusting them into a choice. I think that really helps give the character dimension. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102112870911606839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-85847201353260806532015-08-18T17:23:13.237-05:002015-08-18T17:23:13.237-05:00Lol!:) Thanks! Lol!:) Thanks! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-17994980362065895262015-08-18T09:14:04.616-05:002015-08-18T09:14:04.616-05:00Oops, I meant to write title, not MC. My mistake :...Oops, I meant to write title, not MC. My mistake :). ~SavannahAnna Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15690260231019336738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-172321037865773252015-08-18T09:13:20.162-05:002015-08-18T09:13:20.162-05:00I really like the name of your MC, it's very u...I really like the name of your MC, it's very unique! ~Savannah P. Anna Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15690260231019336738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-25403967923337584022015-08-18T00:06:32.969-05:002015-08-18T00:06:32.969-05:00For my story Snake Eyes, my MC is forced to make t...For my story Snake Eyes, my MC is forced to make the choice that is most practical for her survival; when she is given once vaccine for both her sister and her, she must choose herself because if she get sick, her sister will die anyway. At the same time, she desperately wants to have a chance to regain the future that should've been hers in the first place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424798472451627962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-79371430959798583772015-08-17T21:51:52.956-05:002015-08-17T21:51:52.956-05:00In my story, a teenage boy has been blessed (or cu...In my story, a teenage boy has been blessed (or cursed) with a power that consumes him little by little every time he uses it. After being betrayed by his uncle, he is locked up in a mine with many other prisoners where their time to live is running short. He has to choose whether he's going to do nothing (the end result being that they all die) or whether he's going to use his power to free them...and be consumed by his power in the process. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303496213598709127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74636890470789418522015-08-17T19:30:00.757-05:002015-08-17T19:30:00.757-05:00Ironically I've been having a rough time with ...Ironically I've been having a rough time with this lately, and this post could not have come at a better time!<br />My MC has a really weird situation set in front of her: her dying best friend wants MC to get her first kiss before she passes. I found it hard for a good enough reason for MC to go along with this crazy plan, which involves going WAY out of her comfort zone.<br />Eventually, I came up with the combined fact that MC loves her best friend enough to do this stupid thing with her and the fact that her friend, a soft-spoken but action-driven person wants her to stop being such a loud-mouthed lazy person and do the things that she won't be able to do, including this. Thanks so much for this post, which will hopefully help me expand on this with a little more thought!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145888063304878754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-90892427276780184742015-08-17T17:07:47.344-05:002015-08-17T17:07:47.344-05:00In my story, my main character is going on a journ...In my story, my main character is going on a journey to find his brother who is missing. It's a hard choice for my main character because he's putting himself in danger, even though he is a careful kid who likes having things planned out and making sure everything is safe. So he has to choose between going to rescue his brother or staying where he is and letting other people handle it. He chooses to go because his brother's safety is more important to him than his fear of what could happen to himself. I hope that made sense. This post was very helpful! -MiriamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-45400601412435142912015-08-17T16:23:23.131-05:002015-08-17T16:23:23.131-05:00In my late-stages WIP, I have a character Perl who...In my late-stages WIP, I have a character Perl who chooses to protect her cousin's reputation (by pretending to be her during an illness). At first it goes all right, but things get complicated fast.<br /><br />I have another WIP in the early stages (just a rough first draft done) and I know I need to work on this for him. I know that the character needs to choose to stay when he has a chance to run, but the reason he does it still doesn't have enough logic/tension to hook readers.<br /><br />Thanks for this post! Definitely something to think more about.Alyssa Hollingsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611176985639005028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-21306040539636943762015-08-17T15:52:57.782-05:002015-08-17T15:52:57.782-05:00Hmm ... In my WIP, Delitescent, my MC can join up ...Hmm ... In my WIP, Delitescent, my MC can join up with a group meant to save the world, or stick to her comfortable life and continue to lose her memory every month. The choice to go seems easy till she sees the mugshots of the three other group members, and two of them have blood on their hands. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-20614579678446636982015-08-17T15:29:05.693-05:002015-08-17T15:29:05.693-05:00I'm still working this out for Transform, but ...I'm still working this out for Transform, but the thing I'm most likely to go with: My characters have to stop the out-of-control elemental who's wreaking havoc on the world (and we aren't talking havoc as in going around killing random people; more along the lines of giant monsters, earthquakes, basically any possible magical disaster) before he ends up destroying everything. (April's trying to rescue her parents, too, but since I have a way to keep them out of the way indefinitely without killing them off or having them captured, she may not succeed until the final book of the trilogy.) Great post! This was exactly what I needed!Elliehttp://thespellboundreader.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-45914970225523656402015-08-17T14:55:01.000-05:002015-08-17T14:55:01.000-05:00My main character, Areli, is asked by El Roi (who ...My main character, Areli, is asked by El Roi (who is this world's God) to go an a dangerous quest carrying a heavy burden, to free the several hundred captured “Faithful.” He is given a clear choice. He must decide between suffering the long, hard journey, or leaving the Faithful imprisoned and keep is somewhat peaceful life. He is motivated to go by a few different reasons. (1) He does not want to fail El Roi. He feels that he is a failure and has failed his father and his family in the beginning of the book. (2) He rescues a boy and his mother, who are some of the Faithful and they are staying with him, but the boy's father was captured. Because he lost his own father when he was young, Areli wants to save this boy's father so the boy won't have to grow up without a father. <br /><br />I hope that wasn't too confusing. What do you think?Elizabeth H.http://sunshineglorystudios.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-70955938196389561982015-08-17T14:52:54.601-05:002015-08-17T14:52:54.601-05:00Sounds like you have great stakes, though! Nice wo...Sounds like you have great stakes, though! Nice work!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-79986389929160416202015-08-17T14:52:13.831-05:002015-08-17T14:52:13.831-05:00Sounds like you're on the right track, Emma!Sounds like you're on the right track, Emma!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-47568361711631538122015-08-17T14:51:47.216-05:002015-08-17T14:51:47.216-05:00That's a huge achievement! Congratulations! An...That's a huge achievement! Congratulations! And I agree with what Tiffanie said. It can work if you make the situation strong enough.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-2990728800269627272015-08-17T14:50:08.521-05:002015-08-17T14:50:08.521-05:00I like that, Linea!I like that, Linea!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-35857403953309269902015-08-17T14:49:33.069-05:002015-08-17T14:49:33.069-05:00This is something I often have to finesse in edits...This is something I often have to finesse in edits as well.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-32772386066732852992015-08-17T14:48:51.443-05:002015-08-17T14:48:51.443-05:00That's what edits are for!That's what edits are for!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-26298443865674387212015-08-17T12:08:35.007-05:002015-08-17T12:08:35.007-05:00My characters accept the task of searching for the...My characters accept the task of searching for the Silver Leaf, which can cure the Sickness, the fatal disease that is killing the magical land they have been brought to. They accept it after seeing the pain the Sickness can cause; they are sent to stay with a young couple (the husband being their riding instructor at their summer camp, which they find out was really created to prepare them for their coming journey) and learn that their young nephew has died from the Sickness. Soon after the couple's own little boy gets the disease, and that's when the main characters decide to search for the cure. <br />I'm working on making sure their motivation and decision to accept such a potentially life-changing task seem believable. Such are the struggles of writing about people from the real world going to a magical world, when there are no real-life examples of this scenario to draw from. ;)Emily Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-87914964531079420682015-08-17T11:56:57.367-05:002015-08-17T11:56:57.367-05:00I would think trying to prove someone wrong would ...I would think trying to prove someone wrong would be strong enough if you gave them a very very very very good reason to want to prove them wrong. Like, just "oh he ticks me off" would not be good, but a really strong like "he made them believe was wrong and indirectly caused my family's death" might be good. See what I mean?Tiffanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-60222295784838906392015-08-17T09:49:28.585-05:002015-08-17T09:49:28.585-05:00In my book, Dawns Rise, my main character's go...In my book, Dawns Rise, my main character's goal is to find her way back to her mom. But no one on this new world will help her, unless she goes on a quest to fulfill a prophecy. I didn't really highlight the fact that she wanted to get back to her mom, and that's why she was doing all of this, though. But I'm on my second draft now, and fixing that. <br />Great post! Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392447732699639197noreply@blogger.com