Comments on: Opinions Make the Character http://www.superheronation.com/2010/01/23/opinions-make-the-man/ How to write a superhero book, comic book or superhero novel and get it published Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: k1dork http://www.superheronation.com/2010/01/23/opinions-make-the-man/comment-page-1/#comment-52509 k1dork Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:38:22 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=5337#comment-52509 Cool. Thanks, man. Cool. Thanks, man.

]]> By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2010/01/23/opinions-make-the-man/comment-page-1/#comment-52504 B. Mac Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:34:16 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=5337#comment-52504 With third-person narration, you could... <br /> --Have the narrator tell us what he's thinking. "B. Mac called his agent for lunch. She was late. Getting seduced by some cold-eyed harpy with a Twilight-meets-Eragon manuscript, he assumed. Sparkly dragon vampires--he shuddered at the thought. She fell for bestsellers every time." <br /> --You could switch to internal monologue with italics. "B. Mac called his agent for lunch. She was late. <i>Probably getting seduced by some cold-eyed harpy with a Twilight-meets-Eragon manuscript. Sparkly dragon vampires. She fell for bestsellers every time</i>." <br /> --You could have the character show us what he's thinking through action or dialogue. For example, if we're trying to show that the author in this passage is a bit paranoid and jealous of what his agent might be doing, he might start repeatedly texting his agent so that he knows exactly where his agent is and when he'll be in. Alternately, you could have him interact with other people. It's usually pretty rare to have a scene with only a single character. Depending on how psycho/jealous/paranoid B. Mac is (note: very), we might write this scene with him accosting the waiter and demanding his assistance to make sure that the agent hasn't sneaked away. <br /> I hope that helps! With third-person narration, you could…

–Have the narrator tell us what he’s thinking. “B. Mac called his agent for lunch. She was late. Getting seduced by some cold-eyed harpy with a Twilight-meets-Eragon manuscript, he assumed. Sparkly dragon vampires–he shuddered at the thought. She fell for bestsellers every time.”

–You could switch to internal monologue with italics. “B. Mac called his agent for lunch. She was late. Probably getting seduced by some cold-eyed harpy with a Twilight-meets-Eragon manuscript. Sparkly dragon vampires. She fell for bestsellers every time.”

–You could have the character show us what he’s thinking through action or dialogue. For example, if we’re trying to show that the author in this passage is a bit paranoid and jealous of what his agent might be doing, he might start repeatedly texting his agent so that he knows exactly where his agent is and when he’ll be in. Alternately, you could have him interact with other people. It’s usually pretty rare to have a scene with only a single character. Depending on how psycho/jealous/paranoid B. Mac is (note: very), we might write this scene with him accosting the waiter and demanding his assistance to make sure that the agent hasn’t sneaked away.

I hope that helps!

]]> By: k1dork http://www.superheronation.com/2010/01/23/opinions-make-the-man/comment-page-1/#comment-52502 k1dork Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:01:04 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=5337#comment-52502 How would this work for third peron narrative? How would this work for third peron narrative?

]]> By: Wings http://www.superheronation.com/2010/01/23/opinions-make-the-man/comment-page-1/#comment-52497 Wings Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:42:29 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=5337#comment-52497 Congratulations, you have just made me smile for the first time today. "Bestsellers", ha! - Wings Congratulations, you have just made me smile for the first time today. “Bestsellers”, ha!

- Wings

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