Curiosty.

I never liked waiting, in fact, I'm pretty impulsive. Give me a bowl of M&Ms mixed with Skittles, blend the mush in my mouth, I'll say to myself: this is disgusting, and continue to chew it. If you play an episode of Community of Avatar the Last Airbender, I'll keep eating--small handfuls--to destracted to care.

So. Then you must ask me: How do you take curiosity? Well...it will all blend together soon. Bear with me.

Well. Its just like when a Pastor argues abstinence, "its best to wait." Nothings worse then just jumping into the action, people must have gradual reveal--like in those Movie Maker transitions--and it can have dangerous consquences.

" Now we see only an indistinct image in a mirror, but then we will be face to face."


When you write. You write letters and words that add up, and mean something to the individual reading it.  Right?
But as a writer of story, Papa Twain tells us, "fiction must make sense" as opposed to life--which doesn't.


Curiosity is a great propellant of stories. Of course this is just to obvious--I just felt a bit impusive to write this. Yup. 


But check this out.

Welcome!

FC 2#

How to make Acceptable Characters 1# (Part A)

 "I was eating cavier while sitting on my sunboat.  My two butlers talked about--"

I already lost you! You cannot relate to this at all  So you hate that joke!  Characters in stories are very much like that.


Charactars are vital! According to Karen Weisner, charactars are THE most important part of a story. 
3D versus 2D.  A 3D is what we all should aim for.  Watch that video to the side <<< and then continue.  You can skip it if you want.  And just continue on.


Unless you watch LOST these jokes mainly aren't funny.  But if you are like me, you laugh.  Characters, like jokes,  (bad or good) have to be relate-able.
{Ex:  The reason why many young people watch Conan is cause of his youth-directed humor.  Thats why preteens will take Icarly over Jay Leno, relate-able traits.  Let me give you an example.  Think of your favorite comedian!   You laugh cause you relate.  }


Characters, I reiterate, if not empathize-able it will not work in the story.


Okay.  You might ask... HOW do I make relate-able?
Well firstly calm down.
And secondly most writers aren't like unrelate-able.  Most people went/go to school or work or had friends or met and experience people and thing....Basically if you can't think of anything else--just use your own experience.
What if I'm writing like a fantasy novel? My character doesn't go to Harvard or my world? Does being relate-able still vital?
Well. You character can have relate-able traits.  Like love, emotion.  Some even have romantic interest.  An example is in Lord of the Rings.  Love is prominent.  But you don't care its somewhere else.  Thus relate-able.
Well think Narnia. Many charactars have relate-able traits.
But what about unrelate-able characters are they that bad?
Well...let me give an example.  Was there a person you ever detested in real life? Like for being rude or annoying you?  But then you discover that something happened to them like they got hurt in there past.  Originally you disliked that person right cause you thought the person was an utter joke, right? But now, since you discovered something bad that happened, you pity and genuinely like that person.  And unrealtable character must make him at one point relatable/likeable one way or he is on dimensional.  Avoid this!



  In my next blog post I'll toss in how vital Main Charactars are.