Comments on: Character Motivation Thesaurus: Being the Best at Something https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Wed, 01 May 2024 16:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Wiing Links 5/8/17 – Where Genres Collide https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545368 Mon, 08 May 2017 11:11:45 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545368 […] https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/ An obsessive personality? […]

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By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545321 Sun, 07 May 2017 19:49:44 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545321 In reply to Dylan.

Hi, Dylan. Thanks for your input. I guess it would depend on how talents and skills are defined. For our purposes, a talent is a knack someone is innately born with while a skill is something a person becomes good at over time through practice and diligence. By these definitions, many of the entries in this thesaurus could be either talents OR skills, depending on how they’re acquired: archery, good listening skills, charm, wrestling, etc. Granted, there are other ways to define these terms; but for the purposes of this thesaurus, this is how we’ve chosen to characterize them.

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By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545320 Sun, 07 May 2017 19:43:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545320 In reply to Sharon M Hart.

We’re so glad it hit the mark for you and your character.

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By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545319 Sun, 07 May 2017 19:42:45 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545319 In reply to Traci Kenworth.

I keep thinking how a person like this could so easily be Unlikable—say, if he/she was driven to always be the best at everything. I think we’ve all been around people like that and know how challenging they can be. But they’re real life, right?

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By: Dylan https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545284 Sun, 07 May 2017 10:19:05 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545284 there are no skills in the Talent & Skills section.

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By: Mary Van Everbroeck https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545267 Sun, 07 May 2017 01:40:49 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545267 Hi Angela: Excellent Post. I have been a member of ‘One Stop for Writers’ for a while. This Post and included links provided much clarity as to how I can better assess the tremendous resources contained within ‘One Stop for Writers’ website. I am in awe of the tremendous thought, research, time and energy that creating this resource for writers required. Thank you. Take care. Mary

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By: Traci Kenworth https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545238 Sat, 06 May 2017 16:14:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545238 This might be a hard character to write. Like you said, you might go over the top like Chevy Chase in the Vacation movies. It’d be a challenge, definitely!

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By: Sharon M Hart https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/05/character-motivation-entry-being-the-best-at-something/#comment-545234 Sat, 06 May 2017 13:37:28 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=29670#comment-545234 My goodness, this certainly describes my main character’s motivation. Rhino wants to be the best at everything–he wants to be perfect. He wants to be the chief among his brothers, compelling their love and loyalty and ruling over them. Looking at your list of characteristics and behaviors, I see where Rhino hits all the markers. Very interesting and informative article.

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