Questions 495: Writing In-Character OOC Moments

jdsawyer Writing June 6, 2018 June 21, 2018

Ian asks: How do you write characters having intense moments without them seeming out of character?

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After a childhood in academia, J. Daniel Sawyer declared his independence by dropping out of high school and setting off on a series of adventures in the bowels of the film industry, the venture capital culture of silicon valley, surfing safaris, bohemians, burners, historians, theologians, adventurers, climbers, drug dealers, gangbangers, and inventors before his past finally caught up to him. Trapped in a world bookended by one wall falling in Berlin and other walls going up around suburbia and along national borders throughout the world, he rediscovered his deep love of history and, with it, and obsession with predicting the future as it grew aggressively out of the past. To date, this obsession has yielded over thirty books and innumerable short stories, the occasional short film, nearly a dozen podcasts stretching over a decade and a half, and a career creating novels and audiobooks exploring the world through the lens of his own peculiar madness, in the depths of his own private forest in a rural exile, where he uses the quiet to write, walk on the beach, and manage a production company that brings innovative stories to the ears of audiences across the world. For news and free stories, sign up for his occasional newsletter. Or find his contact info, podcasts, and more on his home page at http://www.jdsawyer.net

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Hi Dan,

Just so you know, on iTunes, this episode of the podcast only lasts for 10 seconds (there’s only the introduction, nothing else).

Also: the next episode is labelled question 582, which seems quite a lot of a jump from question 495…

Céline

June 7, 2018 at 6:13 am 6 years ago

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1. Hi, Celine! Thanks for letting us know! We fixed the episode last night and the change should be populated to iTunes.
  
  jdsawyer
  
  June 7, 2018 at 11:53 am 6 years ago
  
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I’m sorry to be bothering you again, but it still doesn’t seem to work, whether on the website or on iTunes. I can’t get any more than the first 9 seconds of episode 495. On the website, it looks as if there are 17:04 minutes of show, but it stops right in the middle of when you say the word “welcome.” I’ve tried two different web browsers, and two different devices, to make sure it wasn’t a refresh problem, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.

Céline

June 21, 2018 at 1:43 pm 6 years ago

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1. Hi, Celine:
  We were able to figure out the problem and fix it. I’d give it 24 hrs to refresh on iTunes, but it’s good on the website now.
  Thanks!
  Kitty
  
  kittyniciaian
  
  June 21, 2018 at 3:56 pm 6 years ago
  
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