Comments on: Character Motivation Thesaurus: Being a Leader https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:22:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-710852 Mon, 03 May 2021 15:33:35 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-710852 In reply to Sara.

Terrific–so glad this is a help!

]]> By: Sara https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-710729 Sat, 01 May 2021 16:14:36 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-710729 Brilliant tips!! Thank you so much! I will definitely be applying these when building my main character

]]> By: Writing Links in the 3s and 6…1/30/17 – Where Genres Collide https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534636 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:02:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534636 […] https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/ My character finds herself thrust into this role without being ready or knowing how to do so. […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534570 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 20:07:40 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534570 In reply to Traci Kenworth.

I think this is very common, and a good arc because it allow s the character to discover inner strengths they may not have been aware of. 🙂

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534568 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 20:06:57 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534568 In reply to :Donna.

I felt the same way Donna, and i loved the symbolism. I had to go with this picture!

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534566 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 20:06:25 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534566 In reply to Dylan.

We should avoid the cliches as a wash-and-repeat (coping the scenario exactly) because they happen so often. BUT, this doesn’t mean you can write this scenario at all–it just means we need to put some extra work in to “twist” the cliche, and add greater depth and complication to the idea. Make sense? Then it’s no longer a cliche, but something fresh and new.

]]> By: Dylan https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534512 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 08:23:08 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534512 Why should we avoid the first two cliché since they have happened in real life and that art/literature imitates life? Eventually authors and artist will replicate and exaggerate what has happened.

]]> By: :Donna https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534412 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 22:11:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534412 Yet another fanTABulous entry, Angela 🙂 Thank you!

And you know, some images speak volumes. I’m a big chess fan and this image was an immediate draw for me 🙂 But what I like most is that this depicts the dispensable (yet often very powerful) pawn as king 😀

]]> By: Traci Kenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/01/character-motivation-entry-being-a-leader-of-others/#comment-534208 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:59:32 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29124#comment-534208 My character finds herself thrust into this role without being ready or knowing how to do so.

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