"Did Caroline Yip in Don Lee's "the Prince of Eggs in China" leave her lover, Dean, simply because the autor needed to creat a fight between the two that would set up their later actions? Or was Lee compelled to let Carloine leave because the insecure Carloine he had come to know could not stay with a man she learn s is a tremendously sucessful artist- not the moderately accomplished carftsman she though he was? To put it another way, did Lee's characters eerge from the story, or did the story emerge from the characters?"
To write a story one must think about the characters and the actions of these characters. As viewers, we don't think about how much goes into a story. Every character must have a role, every character must serve a purpose and every character must be thought out carefully. This reading made me think about how much effort an author must put into their stories. You can't just sit down with a laptop and start typing away, one must do serious planning. What is the point you are trying to get across to your audience? How will you have your character act and how much will the characters grow? One of the most important question is how will audience relate to your characters. To have your audience relate to your character is vital. People care about things simply because it relates to them, they don't care about things they don't know about. Are your characters going to go through things that your audience have experience? Do your characters act like your audience? It's important for your audience to understand your characters.
To write a story is to put thoughts into it. Your characters must have a reason to exsists, they must help you tell the story you want your audience to know.
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After reading this particular short story on character, I looked at the true definition of character a little different. I think we may all have our own opinion for what we think character means and how we express a character. I do agree with you that to write a story you must put your thoughts into it. Due to the fact that if you do not give your personal thoughts then it the story will not be that interesting, or will not reach it;s full potential.
ReplyDeleteAwesome insight girl! I'm going to use your advice of what you said last in my short story - that my characters have to have a reason to exist to tell the story I want to get across.. i like it!
ReplyDeleteThis was a good post. The story typically revolves around the character. The characters are the main theme of any story. Many of the ideas that the author wants to illustrate usually come from the behaviors and voices of the main characters. Good job, Emily.
ReplyDeleteI liked when you said one has to connect their audience to the characters. That is so true in building a story- whether it's a movie or novel. This was a great post.
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