Comments on: Character Motivation Entry: Escaping Confinement https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/12/escaping-confinement/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Thu, 02 May 2024 16:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: :Donna https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/12/escaping-confinement/#comment-516353 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 18:48:18 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=28493#comment-516353 I have to tell you gals, this one could belong in a survival handbook 🙂 I’ve got a thing with any form of restriction or confinement—I’d say a phobia, so this one hits home, for sure!

]]> By: julie mayerson brown https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/12/escaping-confinement/#comment-516311 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 17:18:25 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=28493#comment-516311 Wow – so many things I never even thought of to be worried about. Anxious just reading the list! As always, Angela, great ideas. As to Robin’s question, some crossover for a character who is not trapped physically but is an emotional victim living under threat of harm to self or loved one.

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/12/escaping-confinement/#comment-516287 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:46:22 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=28493#comment-516287 In reply to Robin E. Mason.

I guess it would depend on what they are–restrictions placed on the character because of their station or opportunities (self-actualization) a mental block (self-esteem based/self-actualization), or something else?

An invisible type confinement is definitely valid, but likely is more based on the need of esteem or self actualization rather than physical needs or safety/security. Not always, but many scenarios. We’ll have to look at this in another entry 🙂

]]> By: Robin E. Mason https://writershelpingwriters.net/2016/12/escaping-confinement/#comment-516281 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 16:38:40 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=28493#comment-516281 what about escaping invisible barriers, that make you ‘feel’ trapped?

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