tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post2546401654664271346..comments2024-02-18T00:24:05.514-08:00Comments on The Zoë-Trope: BUILD YOUR VERY OWN CHARACTERZoë Marriotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-29523334926627958212010-09-05T23:22:19.556-07:002010-09-05T23:22:19.556-07:00Oh, it is - but the problem with characters like t...Oh, it is - but the problem with characters like that is they tend to be so powerful that they start to take the story. If they're a main character suddenly your story is out of control. If secondary, you find your main characters getting elbowed out of the way while the new one steals the story. Hmmm. Maybe I should do a post about that?<br /><br />Thank you. I'm not a great artist - usually I draw a character and then end up coming back to the sketch again and again, fiddling with it to make it 'right'.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-72580120467782204032010-09-05T15:09:47.605-07:002010-09-05T15:09:47.605-07:00I'm not sure I've ever had a character pre...I'm not sure I've ever had a character present themselves suddenly like that. I wish I had - it sounds fun! <br /><br />By the way, I love your character portraits! I tend to avoid drawing characters, because I'm afraid the picture won't live up to the image in my head. Maybe I should try it more often.Phoenixgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-33973919552365864912010-09-05T11:01:54.266-07:002010-09-05T11:01:54.266-07:00That's true - probably what I didn't conve...That's true - probably what I didn't convey as well as I meant to, is that I'm not *inventing* the answers to these questions as much as asking the characters the questions and waiting for their answers to trickle through into my brain. Not that there aren't characters who just arrive in my head fully formed, no questions asked.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-52859719968671299372010-09-05T10:50:09.020-07:002010-09-05T10:50:09.020-07:00I always have people in my head, so my character-b...I always have people in my head, so my character-building method owes a lot to that. Often what happens is I'll say, "Okay, I need *this* kind of person in this role," and maybe add a few appropriate traits... after which he or she takes up residence in my head, quietly becoming more and more real and familiar. The longer I've had a character around, the better I tend to know them.Phoenixgirlnoreply@blogger.com