Lesson 6

[Joan Butler]

Day 6. Testing Characters

I learned that
Elizabeth needs more subtext. They sound the same. They don’t have interesting
phrasing. I don’t know what is truly special about these characters.<div><div>

Old Concept:

A guilt-ridden
counselor who lies and trusts no one is determined to save a woman who is
adamant that her abusive husband is a good man.

New Concept:

A guilt-ridden
counselor who lies and trusts no one is determined to rescue a woman who staunchly
defends her abusive husband — even though the counselor fears the woman.

Character to Character:

Selma, my protagonist is now afraid of the other character’s anger. Elizabeth is almost always angry when she is with Selma.

Characters to Theme:

Domestic abuse doesn’t have to last forever.

Elizabeth has always fit the theme. She is an abused woman who decides to leave her husband at the end of the story.

Selma was abused as a child and that abuse rules her life. She didn’t fit the theme. She now learns to use the techniques she teaches Elizabeth. Selma’s abuse doesn’t have to last forever.

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