Comments on: The emotional life of a character http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Jason Black http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/comment-page-1/#comment-16876 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:33:51 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/#comment-16876 Hi all, glad you all enjoyed my article!

Coincidentally, I just finished a series on my blog that explores the 5 stages in much greater detail (much as I love writing for Author Magazine, there's only so much I can say in under a thousand words).

It's a six-part series, with one part for each of the stages and a final part on effects you can achieve by _violating_ readers expectations at each stage.

Part one of that series starts here:

http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/66

]]> By: Dark Angel http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/comment-page-1/#comment-16870 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:34:15 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/#comment-16870 Nice. thanks for sharing

]]> By: Tracy http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/comment-page-1/#comment-16763 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:40:43 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/#comment-16763 It's true. There is nothing worse than reading a story where the character reacts in a way unlike anything you would expect from them, or any other human for that matter.

]]> By: *Jen* http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/comment-page-1/#comment-16762 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:04:58 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/#comment-16762 Great article! Very reassuring to compare this piece to my plot's outline and see I am on par with my MC's emotional responses. :)

]]> By: Kristi http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/comment-page-1/#comment-16761 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:20:48 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/#comment-16761 It's an interesting article. As a clinical psychologist, one thing I'd tell writers to keep in mind is that in real life, people don't always progress through these stages in order. I've seen many skip right to the anger stage and hang out there awhile before jumping to other stages. It's a great reference tool though and should be useful to many. Great post!

]]> By: NinaP http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/comment-page-1/#comment-16760 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:12:24 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/03/the-emotional-life-of-a-character/#comment-16760 Great reminder and article. Thanks Stacey.

:-)
Nina

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