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  • Week 3 Day 2 – What did you learn?

    Posted by cheryl croasmun on May 18, 2022 at 6:38 pm

    Post the answer to the question, “What I learned rewriting my scene/character…?”

    Judith Resell replied 3 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Steven Delisi

    Member
    May 20, 2022 at 1:48 am

    I learned that the character introduction is critical to engaging us enough to want to go on their journey. We get an idea of who they are and what makes them tick, even if only a small part of them in revealed in the first scene.

    INSIGHT: introducing characters can be done with contrast … like how the Don is in a position of power and is the one listening & mostly quiet … reserved, while his guest is needing help and must pay fealty to the Don… he is talking almost non stop and later begging him.

    BREAKTHROUGH: A main character who is in a position of power, can behave in a very measured way … to the point where he or she is untouchable by the other characters.

    Don Corleone has him on a string the whole time. It’s engaging watch how he manipulates his guest.

  • Judith Resell

    Member
    May 20, 2022 at 6:47 pm

    I tend to write underdog protagonists. This scene shows how completely fascinating the top dog character can be. It’s a great lesson in introducing and creating powerful characters that draw us in, even though and because they are different from ourselves. It’s easier in some ways to create sympathy for an underdog. This scene of the powerful man in the shadows who emerges to engage us all is justly famous.

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