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By: BECCA PUGLISI

BECCA PUGLISI — Sat, 13 May 2017 16:00:08 +0000

In reply to Cam M. Sato. Absolutely. In real life, you often have two people going through the same event; one of them is traumatized by it while another seems barely to be fazed. This is definitely something to keep in mind when we're building these characters.

By: Cam M. Sato

Cam M. Sato — Fri, 12 May 2017 23:27:39 +0000

Excellent information as always. Thank you.

I’d like to point out that the response to the wound is what really makes the character. You can have two characters experience exactly the same thing, and one character will become stronger for it, another weaker.

By: vinny

vinny — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:59:42 +0000

this is kinda helpful i used it in my liturature studies to relate to the novel wounds by jamerson gadzirai

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:42:50 +0000

In reply to Dylan Jones. Finding the mirror is an objective to help with the outer goal--a stepping stone to achieving his goal of changing his mother's view.

By: Dylan Jones

Dylan Jones — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:58:47 +0000

In reply to ANGELA ACKERMAN. This characters has another goal of finding a sacred mirror to make his mother change her is mother view of his sexuality. What do I do write on the characters profile sheet? I think are both short term goals, since the book take place with one year.

By: ANGELA ACKERMAN

ANGELA ACKERMAN — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:05:02 +0000

In reply to Dylan Jones.

Personally I would think it would be outer motivation (the goal). The inner motivation (their reason for having this goal) would be to seek acceptance and feel valued and loved for who one is. Inner motivation ties into feelings of self-worth and a missing Universal Human Need (Maslow). In this case, that need is “love and belonging” in Maslow’s pyramid. These may help:

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/05/how-to-uncover-your-characters-emotional-wound/
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/05/announcing-the-emotional-wounds-thesaurus/
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2015/05/the-connection-between-emotional-wounds-and-basic-needs/

By: Dylan Jones

Dylan Jones — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 06:17:25 +0000

I have a question on motivation. Would the motivation of a child wanting to change a parents opinion of the child’s bisexuality be inner motivation or outer motivation or both?

By: Madeline Taylor

Madeline Taylor — Sat, 23 May 2015 17:14:17 +0000

Yes! Thank you, I missed this one too. This has been a very insightful series so far and very useful for all my characters. My story is gaining much more depth!