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back to the word-mines, part two.
Feb. 19th, 2012 09:27 pm So I mentioned a few days ago that I'd signed up to the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
scifibigbang challenge again. Since finishing AC3 I've started to play Dragon Age 2, and the Anders' centric fic (working title: Seven Hundred Ways to Sing the Blues) that's resulted is fast becoming The Fic That Ate My Brain.
I decided to set myself a challenge based on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yuki_onna 's article on narrative machinery, more specifically how to create interesting and/or sympathetic characters.
The rules are simple.
1/ Take one unformed character.
2/ Give them something to want.
3/ Give them something to hide.
4/ Give them something to fear.
5/ Give them something to obsess over.
6/ Then hurt them.
On a subconscious level I think it's something I've been doing for years as both a reader and a writer. Putting characters through hell is what makes a story interesting-certainly when I wrote my Assassins fics they were never so interesting as when they were backed into a corner. But I am slightly disturbed how easy it was to do n a conscious level. I've written 11,000 words in three days-over half the total story. I've used these words to give Anders a life outside the Tower, friends, a job, a pet.
And now it's time for the fun part. Of course, it'd be more fun if I just didn't feel so damn evil.
How have you hurt characters in your stories (fanfic or original), and why did you do it?
scifibigbang challenge again. Since finishing AC3 I've started to play Dragon Age 2, and the Anders' centric fic (working title: Seven Hundred Ways to Sing the Blues) that's resulted is fast becoming The Fic That Ate My Brain.I decided to set myself a challenge based on
yuki_onna 's article on narrative machinery, more specifically how to create interesting and/or sympathetic characters.The rules are simple.
1/ Take one unformed character.
2/ Give them something to want.
3/ Give them something to hide.
4/ Give them something to fear.
5/ Give them something to obsess over.
6/ Then hurt them.
On a subconscious level I think it's something I've been doing for years as both a reader and a writer. Putting characters through hell is what makes a story interesting-certainly when I wrote my Assassins fics they were never so interesting as when they were backed into a corner. But I am slightly disturbed how easy it was to do n a conscious level. I've written 11,000 words in three days-over half the total story. I've used these words to give Anders a life outside the Tower, friends, a job, a pet.
And now it's time for the fun part. Of course, it'd be more fun if I just didn't feel so damn evil.
How have you hurt characters in your stories (fanfic or original), and why did you do it?
